Male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5 alpha-reductase-2 deficiency in an Arab kindred.

doi:10.1136/pgmj.73.866.802

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Male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5 alpha-reductase-2 deficiency in an Arab kindred.

Postgraduate medical journal - 1 Dec 1997

al-Attia H M

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Six Arabs subjects (three postpubertal, two prepubertal and one pubertal) from three interrelated Omani families with male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5 alpha-reductase-2 deficiency were evaluated. These subjects had been raised as girls since birth as they were born with a clitoral-like phallus...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Child, Preschool
Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase
Disorders of Sex Development
Gender Identity
Genitalia
Hormones
Humans
Male
Oxidoreductases
Pedigree
Phenotype

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