5-α-Reductase type 2 deficiency: is there a genotype-phenotype correlation? A review.

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5-α-Reductase type 2 enzyme catalyzes the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, a potent androgen responsible for male sexual development during the fetal period and later during puberty. Its deficiency causes an autosomal recessive disorder of sex development characterized by a wide range of under-virilization of external genitalia in patients with a 46,XY karyotype. Mutations in the SRD5A2 gene...

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