XX testicular disorder of sex differentiation: case report

ABSTRACT The 46 XX, testicular sex differentiation disorder, or XX male syndrome, is a rare condition detected by cytogenetics, in which testicular development occurs in the absence of the Y chromosome. It occurs in 1:20,000 to 25,000 male newborns and represents 2% of cases of male infertility. Abo...

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Main Authors: Bianca Bianco, Denise Maria Christofolini, Frederico Rezende Ghersel, Marcello Machado Gava, Caio Parente Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2011-09-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082011000300394&tlng=en