Article
Molecular analysis in true hermaphrodites with different karyotypes and similar phenotypes.
American journal of medical genetics - 17 May 1996
Torres L, López M, Méndez J P, Canto P, Cervantes A, Alfaro G, Pérez-Palacios G, Erickson R P, Kofman-Alfaro S
Abstract excerpt
True hermaphroditism is characterized by the development of ovarian and testicular tissue in the same individual. Müllerian and Wolffian structures are usually present, and external genitalia are often ambiguous. The most frequent karyotype in these patients is 46,XX or various forms of mosaicism...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Female
- Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY
- Humans
- Infant
- Karyotyping
- Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors
- Male
- Nuclear Proteins
- Phenotype