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pseudohermaphroditism

[¦sü·dō·hər′maf·rə·də‚tiz·əm]
(physiology)
A condition in humans which simulates hermaphroditism, with gynandry in females and androgyny in males.
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Our study revealed that the most common DSD was male pseudohermaphroditism and true hermaphroditism.
Mixed gonadal dysgenesis and dysgenetic male pseudohermaphroditism. J Urol.
Keywords: Pseudohermaphroditism, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, androgens.
Familial incomplete male pseudohermaphroditism type 2.
2004) and observations of phenotypic sex reversal or pseudohermaphroditism may result from a variety of environmental factors (Jenner 1979).
According to Gauderer et al., three types of transverse ectopia are recognised: Type I, which is associated with an inguinal hernia and accounts for 40-50% of the cases; Type II, which is accompanied by Mullerian duct remnants (30%); and type III (13-20%), which includes genitourinary anomalies other than persistent Mullerian duct such as hypospadias, pseudohermaphroditism, bifid scrotum, renal anomalies, seminal vesicle contralateral aplasia, and seminal vesicle cysts [11].
Male pseudohermaphroditism in a Labrador Retriever, and a review of mammalian sexual differentiation.
Yao, "Activation of the hedgehog pathway in the mouse fetal ovary leads to ectopic appearance of fetal Leydig cells and female pseudohermaphroditism," Developmental Biology, vol.
Phenotypically normal girl with male pseudohermaphroditism, hypoplastic left ventricle, lung aplasia, horseshoe kidney, and diaphragmatic hernia.
The significance of 5[alpha]-R began to be appreciated in 1968, when its deficiency in men was proved to cause the rare and extreme genetic condition male pseudohermaphroditism. (18) We now understand that its importance is much greater.
Previously, terms like "intersex" and "pseudohermaphroditism" were used for such individuals.
The pseudohermaphroditism of prosobranchs; morphological aspects.
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