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Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is a set of disorders of sexual differentiation that results from mutations of the gene encoding the androgen receptor. It has also been called androgen resistance in the medical literature. The nature of the resulting problem varies according to the structure and sensitivity of the abnormal receptor. Most of the forms of AIS involve variable degrees of undervirilization and/or infertility in XY persons of either sex. ...
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| testicular feminization syndrome |
A human condition, inherited as an X-linked recessive, caused by a mutation in a gene coding for the androgen (testosterone) receptor, in which genetical (XY) males develop female secondary sexual characters.
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| testicular feminization |
A state of intersex in which the karyotype is male (ie 46,XY), the gonads are testes (hence also male), but the body is completely unresponsive to testosterone and to its metabolite dihydrotestosterone, so it develops in the female way, with a normal vulva and vagina apparent at birth, and with normal development of the breasts at puberty. Because the testes still secrete anti-M?lerian hormone, there
출처: www.jansen.com.au/Dictionary_SU.html
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| testicular feminization s. |
complete androgen resistance; see under resistance.
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