Correlation between testicular tissue and H‐Y phenotype in intersex patients

U. Müller, A Mayerová, B. Debus, M. Fraccaro, S Gilgenkrantz, J Glatzl, K. Madan, R. A. Pfeiffer, A Prader, Orsetta Zuffardi

Clinical Genetics · 1983 · 24 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

H‐Y antigen was tested in 13 humans with testicular tissue and disturbed primary and/or secondary sex differentiation. All cases typed H‐Y positive. This finding is in agreement with the idea that testicular tissue only differentiates in the presence of H‐Y antigen.

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