IMPE Abstracts

Introduction: We have previously reported strong association of cryptorchidism (CO) and hypospadias (HS) with a specific "AGATC" haplotype within a > 34 kb tight linkage disequilibrium (LD) block spanning five SNPs designated SNPs10–14 in the 3' region of ESR1 (JCEM 2006; Hum Reprod 208). Here, we report that a microdeletion (DESR1) identified from the specific haplotype constitutes a widely spread susceptibility factor for the...