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SKELETON FORMATION AND POLYMORPHISM OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE IN TRANSSEXUAL INDIVIDUALS

Solov’eva N.V., Makarova E.V., Vil’yanov V.B., Kremenitskaya S.A., Chausova S.V., Kichuk I.V., Shibalev D.V., Vasilyev V.A.

Introduction. The androgen receptor (AR) gene MIGHR is known to be associated with transsexualism. Bone tissue is one of the target organs for androgens. Trochanteric index (TI) (ratio of height to the leg length) may indicate the organism androgenization leve…