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The role of SRY mutations in the etiology of gonadal dysgenesis in patients with 45,X/46,XY disorder of sex development and variants.
Hormone research in paediatrics - 1 Jan 2011
Nishi Mirian Yumie, Costa Elaine Maria Frade, Oliveira Suely Beirão, Mendonca Berenice Bilharinho, Domenice Sorahia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The potential involvement of SRY in abnormal gonadal development in 45,X/46,X,der(Y) patients was proposed following the identification of SRY mutations in a few patients with Turner syndrome (TS). However, its exact etiological role in gonadal dysgenesis in patients with Y chromosome mosaicisms has not yet been clarified. AIMS: it was the aim of this study to screen for allelic variation in SRY in a...
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