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Intersex patients in military service.
Military medicine - 1 Nov 2008
Marom Tal, Itskoviz David, Ostfeld Ishay
Abstract excerpt
The term "intersex" describes a variety of medical conditions in which sex determination is atypical. One of its most severe forms is an inadequate response to androgens due to mutations in the androgen receptor gene, which may manifest as a complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS). In this form of intersex condition, genetically male individuals do not form masculine genitalia, but have a female...
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