Down syndrome in association with features of the androgen insensitivity syndrome

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 574-577

  Viner, R M ^a   Shimura, N ^a   Brown, B D ^a   Green, A J ^b   Hughes, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity; Down syndrome; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 21; CLITORIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOSPADIAS; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0030055372     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.7.574     Document Type: Article

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