An autosomal or X linked mutation results in true hermaphrodites and 46,XX males in the same family

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-22

  Slaney, Sarah F ^a   Jennifer Chalmers, I ^b   Affara, Nabeel A ^b   Chitty, Lyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

46,XX male; Male sexual development; SRY gene; True hermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MALE; PENETRANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 17344374326     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.1.17     Document Type: Article

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