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Androgen Insensitivity syndrome

How is it diagnosed?

AIS is not usually diagnosed at birth. The usual presentation is during childhood with a girl who has bilateral inguinal hernias, often containing the testes. Presentation may not be until the middle teenage years, when the girl enters puberty, but has no periods and also none, or minimal, pubic or axillary hair.

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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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