Development of a hypoplastic uterus in a patient with testicular feminization syndrome 21 years after gonadectomy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-286

  Chryssikopoulos, A ^a   Antoniou, A ^a   Loghis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol; Estrogens; Hormone replacement therapy; M llerian inhibiting substance; Testicular feminization syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH INHIBITOR; MULLERIAN INHIBITING HORMONE; MULLERIAN-INHIBITING HORMONE; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; UTERUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; TESTICULAR HORMONES; UTERUS;

EID: 0030254590     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08040283.x     Document Type: Article

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