Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To compare height and body proportions between women with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) and women with gonadal dysgenesis (GD).Design: Cross-sectional study of three groups of women with varying degrees of exposure to sex hormones and different combinations of sex chromosomes. Fourteen subjects had CAIS and 46XY (CAIS(XY)), aged (mean±S.E.M.) 42.1±2.8 years; seven had GD and 46XY (GD(XY)), aged 36.7&...

Aims: To compare bone mineral density (BMD) and stature between women with androgen insensitivity syndrome and women with gonadal dysgenesis.Settings: Adult Intersex Clinic.Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study of three groups of women aged 17-58 years with varying degrees of exposure to sex hormones and different combinations of sex chromosomes. Forty-six subjects had complete androgen insensitivity syndrome and 46XY [CAIS(X...