Rafael Loch Batista, Elaine M Frade Costa, Andresa de Santi Rodrigues, Nathalia Lisboa Gomes, José Antonio Faria, Mirian Y Nishi, Ivo Jorge Prado Arnhold, Sorahia Domenice, Berenice Bilharinho de Mendonca
Androgenic insensitivity syndrome is the most common cause of disorders of sexual differentiation in 46,XY individuals. It results from alterations in the androgen receptor gene, leading to a frame of hormonal resistance, which may present clinically under 3 phenotypes: complete (CAIS), partial (PAIS) or mild (MAIS). The androgen receptor gene has 8 exons and 3 domains, and allelic variants in this gene occur in all domains and exons, regardless of phenotype, providing a poor genotype - phenotype correlation in this syndrome...
2018: Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism