Shinkawa O, Furuhashi N, Fukaya T, Kono H, Tachibana Y, Takahashi T, Suzuki M
Nihon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi. 1983 Mar;35(3):266-8.
Serum testosterone (T) concentrations in 106 umbilical venous bloods and 104 neonatal venous bloods, which were obtained from preterm (32-36w) and term (36-41w) infants, were measured by RIA. Cord T levels of boys were higher in preterm infants than in term infants, and those of preterm infants were higher in boys than in girls. Neonatal T levels of girls decreased following delivery. But those of boys increased after 10 days of life. T levels were higher in boys than in girls at 11-30 days of life. Differences between preterm and term infants were not significant.