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[Male pseudohermaphroditism due to 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency].
Minerva endocrinologica - 1 Dec 1995
Bartolucci L, Fioretti M, Rossi G, Commissari R, Valori C
Abstract excerpt
A case of 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency in a genotypic male is described. The patient, who had grown up as a female, at the age of 18 years by chance was seen for enteritis. She presented primary amenorrhea and lack of secondary sexual characteristics combined with hypertension and mild hypokalemia due to excess of mineralcorticoids. The hormonal profile observed under basal conditions was evocative of a...
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