The condition, the most common intersex diagnosis, often causes a baby girl's genitals to be " virilized "-to look something like a boy's.
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Most of the cases in which a child or adult has voluntarily changed sex and rejected rearing have occurred in partially or completely virilized genetic males who were reassigned and raised as females.
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As well, " Anabolic androgenic steroids produce anabolic and virilizing ( also known as androgenic ) effects . "-Gee, who would guess that anabolic androgenic steroids were anabolic and androgenic?
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Sex cord-stromal tumor, including estrogen-producing granulosa cell tumor, the benign thecoma, and virilizing Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor or arrhenoblastoma, accounts for 7 % of ovarian cancers.
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The clinical features of hyperthecosis are similar to those of PCOS . However, women with hyperthecosis often have more markedly elevated testosterone, more hirsutism, and are much more likely to be virilized.
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These women have a 46, XY karyotype ( i . e ., are genetically " male " ) and high levels of androgens but possess a defective AR and for this reason never virilize.
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Classic CAH, the disorder targeted by newborn screening programs, is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme steroid 21-hydroxylase, and comes in two forms-simple virilizing and a salt-wasting form.
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The growth problem is even worse in the simple virilizing forms of CAH which are detected when premature pubic hair appears in childhood, because the bone age is often several years advanced at the age of diagnosis.
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This approach was designed to preserve fertility for both sexes and remains the standard management, but two aspects of this management have been challenged : assignment of completely virilized genetic females and the value and age of corrective surgery.
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The more " virilized " the appearance, the more likely parents will choose surgery, said Kelly R . Leight, executive director of the CARES Foundation, a support and educational group for families affected by congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
