Natural Potent Androgens: Lessons from Human Genetic Models

    April 1998 in “ Baillière s Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism ”
    Yuan‐Shan Zhu, Melissa D. Katz, Julianne Imperato‐McGinley
    Studysummary This article reviews the genetic mutations causing male pseudohermaphroditism from 17 beta-HSD-3 and 5 alpha-RD-2 deficiencies and reports no new clinical findings.
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