Female external genitalia, absent uterus, and probable agonadism in a 46,XY infant with bilateral upper amelia

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-55

  Ohro, Yo Ichiro ^a   Suzuki, Yoshimi ^a   Tsutsumi, Yoshiyuki ^b   Ogata, Tsutomu ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absent uterus; Agonadism; Phenotypic female; Upper amelia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADAL AGENESIS; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PHOCOMELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0031950052     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1998.tb03693.x     Document Type: Article

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