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[Study of sex determination gene (SRY) in 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis].
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 Jan 1994
Boucekkine C, Vilain E, McElreavey K, Jaubert F, Brauner R, Thibaud E, Battin J, Toublanc J E, Kucheria K, Chaabouni S
Abstract excerpt
During mammalian embryogenesis, the presence of the SRY gene determines the bipotential gonad to develop as a testis. 46,XY sex reversal has been described in man. It is associated with an essentially female phenotype and a streak gonad. In a collaborative study, we analysed 36 patients with a 46,XY sex reversal. The testis determining region of the Y chromosome was analysed by Southern blotting and by DGGE...
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