Women with steroid 5 alpha-reductase 2 deficiency have normal concentrations of plasma 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone during the luteal phase.

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Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 2 deficiency has been identified in two adult women from unrelated families, one a homozygote and the other a compound heterozygote. The homozygote carries the G183S mutation and is the sister of an affected male; the compound heterozygote (R246W/splice junction abnormality) is married to a heterozygote (splice junction abnormality) and is the mother of two compound heterozygotes and two...

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