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Gonadal Development and Tumor Formation at the Crossroads of Male and Female Sex Determination
1 Jan 2011
Abstract excerpt
Malignant germ cell tumor (GCT) formation is a well-known complication in the management of patients with a disorder of sex development (DSD). DSDs are defined as congenital conditions in which development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical. DSD patients in whom the karyotype - at least at the gonadal level - contains (a part of) the Y chromosome are at increased risk for neoplastic...
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