Changes in bone mineral density after orchidectomy and hormone replacement therapy in individuals with androgen insensitivity syndrome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2816-2818

  Mizunuma, Hideki ^a   Soda, Masayuki ^a   Okano, Hiroya ^a   Kagami, Issei ^a   Miyamoto, Sumitaka ^a   Ohsawa, Minoru ^a   Ibuki, Yoshito ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity syndrome; BMD; Oestrogen; Testicular feminization; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CASE REPORT; CASTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY;

EID: 0031759253     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.10.2816     Document Type: Article

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