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Androgen Insensitivity syndrome

What are the causes?

This condition is caused by a genetic defect in the androgen (male hormone) receptor, which enables the male hormone, testosterone, to have its affect.

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Medical text written May 1997 by Dr R Stanhope. Last reviewed October 2005 by Dr R Stanhope, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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