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Katharina M. Main

Katharina M. Main

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Overview

Katharina M. Main is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Medicine, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Molecular Biology; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; and Reproductive Medicine.

Their recent research contributions include studies on hormonal and reproductive health, endocrine disruptors, and sexual differentiation. Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Katharina M. Main include:

  • Environmental factors in declining human fertility, 2021, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Anogenital Distance in Healthy Infants: Method-, Age- and Sex-related Reference Ranges, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Prenatal paraben exposure and anogenital distance and reproductive hormones during mini-puberty: A study from the Odense Child Cohort, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Peptide hormone analysis in diagnosis and treatment of Differences of Sex Development: joint position paper of EU COST Action 'DSDnet' and European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions, 2020, European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Menstrual Pattern, Reproductive Hormones, and Transabdominal 3D Ultrasound in 317 Adolescent Girls, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Their publications appear frequently in several academic journals, with the most common venues including:

  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Human Reproduction
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Katharina M. Main collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Anders Juul
  • Rikke Beck Jensen
  • Anna-Maria Andersson
  • Niels Jørgensen
  • Jørgen Holm Petersen

The main topics covered in their work focus on areas such as:

  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Urological Disorders and Treatments
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies

Best Publications

  • Testicular dysgenesis syndrome: an increasingly common developmental disorder with environmental aspects

    N‐E. Skakkebaek;E. Rajpert De Meyts;K.M. Main

  • Decrease in anogenital distance among male infants with prenatal phthalate exposure

    Shanna H. Swan;Katharina M Main;Fan Liu;Sara L. Stewart

  • Serum insulin-like growth factor I in 1030 healthy children, adolescents and adults ; relation to age, sex, stage of puberty, testicular size and body mass index

    A Juul;P Bang;N T Hertel;K Main

  • Human breast milk contamination with phthalates and alterations of endogenous reproductive hormones in infants three months of age

    Katharina M. Main;Gerda K. Mortensen;Marko M. Kaleva;Kirsten A. Boisen

  • Thyroid effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals

    Malene Boas;Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen;Katharina M. Main

  • Environmental chemicals and thyroid function

    Malene Boas;Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen;Niels E Skakkebæk;Katharina M Main

  • Difference in prevalence of congenital cryptorchidism in infants between two Nordic countries.

    Boisen Ka;Kaleva M;Main Km;Virtanen He

  • Flame retardants in placenta and breast milk and cryptorchidism in newborn boys.

    Katharina Maria Main;Hannu Kiviranta;Helena Eeva Virtanen;Erno Sundqvist

  • Nordic consensus on treatment of undescended testes

    E Martin Ritzén;Anders Bergh;R Bjerknes;P Christiansen

  • Serum levels of anti-Müllerian hormone as a marker of ovarian function in 926 healthy females from birth to adulthood and in 172 Turner syndrome patients.

    Casper P. Hagen;Lise Aksglaede;Kaspar Sørensen;Katharina M. Main

  • Is human fecundity declining

    Niels E Skakkebaek;Niels Jørgensen;Katharina M Main;Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts

  • Persistent pesticides in human breast milk and cryptorchidism.

    Ida N. Damgaard;Niels E. Skakkebæk;Jorma Toppari;Helena E. Virtanen

  • Pubertal development in Danish children: comparison of recent European and US data

    A Juul;G Teilmann;T Scheike;N T Hertel

  • Intrauterine exposure to mild analgesics is a risk factor for development of male reproductive disorders in human and rat

    David Møbjerg Boslev Kristensen;Ulla Hass;Laurianne Lesné;Grete Lottrup

  • Cryptorchidism: classification, prevalence and long‐term consequences

    Helena E Virtanen;Robert Bjerknes;Dina Cortes;Niels Jørgensen

  • Childhood Exposure to Phthalates: Associations with Thyroid Function, Insulin-like Growth Factor I, and Growth

    Malene Boas;Hanne Frederiksen;Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen;Niels E. Skakkebæk

  • Changes in Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) throughout the Life Span: A Population-Based Study of 1027 Healthy Males from Birth (Cord Blood) to the Age of 69 Years

    Lise Aksglæde;K Sørensen;M. Boas;Annette Korsholm Mouritsen

  • Validity of Self-Assessment of Pubertal Maturation

    Anna R. Rasmussen;Christine Wohlfahrt-Veje;Katrine Tefre de Renzy-Martin;Casper P. Hagen

  • Postnatal penile length and growth rate correlate to serum testosterone levels: a longitudinal study of 1962 normal boys

    Malene Boas;Kirsten A Boisen;Helena E Virtanen;Marko Kaleva

  • Massive weight loss restores 24-hour growth hormone release profiles and serum insulin-like growth factor-I levels in obese subjects

    M H Rasmussen;A Hvidberg;A Juul;K M Main

Frequent Co-Authors

Niels E. Skakkebæk
Niels E. Skakkebæk University of Copenhagen
Anders Juul
Anders Juul University of Copenhagen
Jorma Toppari
Jorma Toppari University of Turku
Anna-Maria Andersson
Anna-Maria Andersson University of Copenhagen
Tina Kold Jensen
Tina Kold Jensen University of Southern Denmark
Jørgen Holm Petersen
Jørgen Holm Petersen University of Copenhagen
Niels Jørgensen
Niels Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen
Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts
Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts University of Copenhagen
Karl-Werner Schramm
Karl-Werner Schramm Technical University of Munich

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