Impact of Endocrine‐Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) Used in the Food Industry on Endocrine Abnormalities
This review was conducted to examine the relationship between hormone disruption and other endocrine abnormalities in the context of the constant consumption of genetically modified foods and overexposure to chemicals used directly and indirectly in the agrifood industry.
Perla D. Serrano‐López +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Mixed gonadal dysgenesis with normal karyotype : A rare case report
Mixed gonadal dysgenesis (MGD) presents as a unilateral testis, usually intraabdominal, a streak gonad on contralateral side, and persistent mullerian structures.
Anand Ajay +4 more
doaj
The WT1 transcription factor regulates SRY expression during the initial steps of the sex determination process in humans, activating a gene cascade leading to testis differentiation.
E.B. Tagliarini +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Cromossomo Y na síndrome de Turner: revisão da literatura [PDF]
Turner syndrome (TS) is one of the most common types of aneuploidy among humans, and is present in 1:2000 newborns with female phenotype. Cytogenetically, the syndrome is characterized by sex chromosome monosomy (45,X), which is present in 50-60% of the ...
Bianco, Bianca Alves Vieira +5 more
core +2 more sources
Society for Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Androgen Excess in Women
ABSTRACT Context Androgen excess is common in women and refers to clinical or biochemical evidence of elevated androgenic steroids such as testosterone. It is associated with underlying polycystic ovary syndrome in the majority of cases. However severe androgen excess is less common and may indicate the presence of underlying adrenal or ovarian ...
Yasir S. Elhassan +14 more
wiley +1 more source
Disorders of sex development: insights from targeted gene sequencing of a large international patient cohort [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Disorders of sex development (DSD) are congenital conditions in which chromosomal, gonadal, or phenotypic sex is atypical. Clinical management of DSD is often difficult and currently only 13% of patients receive an accurate clinical genetic ...
Bergman, P. +20 more
core +1 more source
Biology and Management of Male‐Bodied Athletes in Elite Female Sports
Graphical representation of the relationships of transgender and XY DSDF as male‐bodied athletes along the binary dimensions of biological sex. ABSTRACT The physical advantages in elite power sports that allow men to surpass women are derived from the experience of male puberty.
David J. Handelsman, Stéphane Bermon
wiley +1 more source
Amenorrea primaria y disgerminoma en una paciente con disgenesia gonadal pura, reporte de caso
La amenorrea primaria representa un reto diagnóstico para el médico general y especialista, dado que el espectro etiológico es amplio y se requiere de un adecuado enfoque para garantizar una correcta orientación terapéutica.
Diego Armando Guerrero Gómez +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Estatura alta e hipodesenvolvimento mamário após reposição estrogênica em paciente com hipogonadismo hipergonadotrófico e cariótipo 45,X/46,X, der(X) com superdosagem do gene SHOX [PDF]
SHOX is exclusively expressed in the developing distal limb bones of human embryos and in the first and second pharyngeal arches. It works as a promoter for linear growth and as a repressor of growth plate fusion.
BILLERBECK, Ana Elisa Correia +7 more
core +1 more source
ABSTRACT Introduction Worldwide, combined 17‐hydroxylase/17,20‐lyase deficiency (CYP17D) is a rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, but it is the second most prevalent type in Brazil. An absence of sexual differentiation and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism arise from a reduction in the usual pattern of sex steroid formation in the adrenals and ...
Rafaela Fontenele +9 more
wiley +1 more source

