(from the article `endocrine system, human`) ...stature have normal pubertal development but primary amenorrhea. Affected girls may have anomalous development of the uterus or vagina so that ... ...tissue receptors for androgens are absent or reduced, forming a spectrum of syndromes of partial to complete resistance to androgens. The mo...
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A condition, due to lack of cellular receptors for testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, in which the subject is phenotypically female but lacks nuclear sex chromatin and is of xy chromosomal sex. The uterus and tubes are absent or rudimentary, and the gonads are typically testes and may be abdominal or inguinal in position. The incomplete form is ...
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If genetic males lack receptors for testosterone they develop as females and are unresponsive to male hormones.
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Type: Term See: testicular feminization syndrome
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