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The most obvious biologic difference between men and women is the hormonal milieu, although other sex-specific factors cannot be ruled out.
One mechanism that may account for this sex-specific difference in serum potassium levels is a sex-specific difference in the activity of the Na +/K +-ATPase (Na +/K +pump), as reported by Lasker and coworkers [ 26 ] . Those investigators found that Na +/K +-ATPase activity in red blood cells was higher in females than in males, thus leading to a sex-specific difference in the Na +/K +balance in both the intracellular and extracellular spaces.
BMP4 has been implicated in ductal budding and branching during prostate development [ 24 ] and a potential role of BMP4 in external genital development has also been postulated [ 25 ] . DWnt2 has been found to have roles in sex-specific cell determination in the gonads and genital disc of Drosophila [ 26 ] . Thus, mutations in genes characteristically expressed in normal male foreskin fibroblasts can, in some cases, lead to defective genital development.
The Member and Statistical Records Department of the LDS Church provided annual age- and sex-specific estimates of the number of LDS Church members in Utah (Larry Elkington, Manager of Church Management Information Center, personal communication).
In general, sex-specific differences in human glaucoma may be difficult to identify or interpret because of genetic differences and uncontrolled environmental factors between patients that may alter the phenotype.
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