46,XX maleness and 46,XX 21-hydroxylase deficiency in dizygotic twins: Association or coincidence?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 743-745

  Atabek, Mehmet Emre ^a   Acar, Hasan ^a   Cora, Tulin ^a   Pirgon, Ozgur ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

21 hydroxylase deficiency; Twins; XX maleness

Indexed keywords

FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID;

46,XX MALENESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL CANAL; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; GENITALIA, MALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 34447303050     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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