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Reifenstein's syndrome
(redirected from Androgen insensitivity syndrome)

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Rei·fen·stein's syndrome (rfn-stnz)
n.
A familial form of male pseudohermaphroditism characterized by ambiguous genitalia or hypospadias, postpubertal, abnormally large breasts, and infertility associated with sclerosis of the seminal tubules.
Reifenstein's syndrome
[rī′fənstīnz]
Etymology: Edward C. Reifenstein, Jr., American physician, 1908-1975
male hypogonadism of unknown origin, marked by azoospermia, undescended testes, gynecomastia, testosterone deficiency, and elevated gonadotropin titers. The condition appears to be inherited as an X-linked recessive trait, but no chromosomal abnormality has been identified.


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Zucker examined a number of known diagnoses for intersex children, including androgen insensitivity syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, 5 alpha-reductas deficiency, partial androgen insensitivity syndrome, micropenis syndrome, penile agensis (the penis fails to differentiate), cloacal exstrophy, and penis ablatio.
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Among classic intersex conditions, the most common are congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and complete androgen insensitivity syndrome.
How common is intersex? A response to Anne Fausto-Sterling by Sax, Leonard / The Journal of Sex Research
Medical ethics and truth telling in the case of androgen insensitivity syndrome.
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