Article
Testicular feminization: complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. Discussions based on a case report.
Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie - 1 Jan 2014
Gîngu Constantin, Dick Alexandru, Pătrăşcoiu Sorin, Domnişor Liliana, Mihai Mihaela, Hârza Mihai, Sinescu Ioanel
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Testicular feminization is the syndrome when a male, genetically XY, because of various abnormalities of the X chromosome, is resistant to the actions of the androgen hormones, which in turn stops the forming of the male genitalia and gives a female phenotype. The androgen insensitivity syndrome occurs in one out of 20,000 births and can be incomplete (various sexual ambiguities) or...
Topics
- Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Radiography
- Seminiferous Tubules
- Testis
- Young Adult