Clinical, hormonal and cytogenetic evaluation of 46,XX males and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 739-748

  Ergun Longmire, Berrin ^a   Vinci, Giovanna ^b   Alonso, Lita ^a   Matthew, Susan ^a   Tansil, Susan ^c   Lin Su, Karen ^c   McElreavey, Ken ^b   New, Maria I ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal differentiation; Sex determination; SRY gene; XX maleness

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SRY GENE;

EID: 24944520128     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2005.18.8.739     Document Type: Review

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