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Clinical, hormonal and cytogenetic evaluation of 46,XX males and review of the literature.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Aug 2005
Ergun-Longmire Berrin, Vinci Giovanna, Alonso Lita, Matthew Susan, Tansil Susan, Lin-Su Karen, McElreavey Ken, New Maria I
Abstract excerpt
The main factor influencing the sex determination of an embryo is the genetic sex determined by the presence or absence of the Y chromosome. However, some individuals carry a Y chromosome but are phenotypically female (46,XY females) or have a female karyotype but are phenotypically male (46,XX males). 46,XX maleness is a rare sex reversal syndrome affecting 1 in 20,000 newborn males. Molecular analysis of...
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