Article
Clinical and anatomical spectrum in XX sex reversed patients. Relationship to the presence of Y specific DNA-sequences.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jun 1994
Boucekkine C, Toublanc J E, Abbas N, Chaabouni S, Ouahid S, Semrouni M, Jaubert F, Toublanc M, McElreavey K, Vilain E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Testicular differentiation can occur in the absence of the Y chromosome giving XX sex-reversed males. Although Y chromosomal sequences can be detected in the majority of male subjects with a 46,XX karyotype, several studies have shown that approximately 10% of patients lack Y material including the SRY gene. The aim of this study was to see if the classification of XX sex-reversed individuals into...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chorionic Gonadotropin
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone
- Genotype
- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
- Humans