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[Androgen insensitivity syndrome: clinical, hormonal and molecular analysis of 33 cases].
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Feb 2005
Melo Karla F S, Mendonça Berenice B, Billerbeck Ana Elisa C, Costa Elaine M F, Latronico Ana C, Arnhold Ivo J P
Abstract excerpt
Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is a rare X-linked recessive condition in which patients with 46,XY karyotype have a complete (CAIS) or partial (PAIS) impairment of pre- and postnatal virilization due to mutations in the androgen receptor (AR). We present a concise revision of AIS and the AR and report the clinical, hormonal and molecular study of 33 subjects with AIS. The coding region of the AR was...
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