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Pubertal androgenization and gonadal histology in two 46,XY adolescents with NR5A1 mutations and predominantly female phenotype at birth.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Feb 2012
Cools M, Hoebeke P, Wolffenbuttel K P, Stoop H, Hersmus R, Barbaro M, Wedell A, Brüggenwirth H, Looijenga L H J, Drop S L S
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OBJECTIVE: Most patients with NR5A1 (SF-1) mutations and poor virilization at birth are sex-assigned female and receive early gonadectomy. Although studies in pituitary-specific Sf-1 knockout mice suggest hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, little is known about endocrine function at puberty and on ge...
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