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XY female with a dysgerminoma and no mutation in the coding sequence of the SRY gene.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Jul 2002
Morerio Cristina, Calvari Vladimiro, Rosanda Cristina, Porta Simona, Gambini Claudio, Panarello Claudio
Abstract excerpt
We report a 46,XY 11-year-old girl with pure gonadal dysgenesis who developed a dysgerminoma. The testis-determining gene SRY, a candidate for sex reversal, whose alterations seem to correlate with dysgerminoma, was analyzed and found to be normal; its coding sequence was negative for deletions and mutations. DMRT-1 gene mapping on 9p and DAX-1 on Xp21 were also normal. These results suggest the involvement of...
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