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Candidate genes in complete and partial XY sex reversal: mutation analysis of SRY, SRY-related genes and FTZ-F1.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 25 May 1998
Lim H N, Freestone S H, Romero D, Kwok C, Hughes I A, Hawkins J R
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The sexual phenotype is established in three steps: (1) the sex chromosome constitution; (2) the differentiation of the gonads; and (3) the response of the internal and external genitalia to the hormones produced by the differentiated gonads. Errors that occur at any of these stages can result in defective sexual differentiation. Therefore the investigation of patients with abnormalities of testis development...
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