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. 2021 Apr 22;9:627281. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.627281

Table 2.

Clinical findings of main 46,XY DSD (without adrenal insufficiency).

46,XY gonadal dysgenesis NR5A1 deficiency* Leydig cell hypoplasia 17β-HSD3 deficiency 5α-reductase 2 deficiency Complete/partial/minimal Androgen resistance
Prevalence ? ? Very rare 1: 147.000° ? ° 1: 20/90.000
Inheritance Variable AD AR AR AR X-linked
Gene SRY, DHH, etc. NR5A1 LHR 17β-HSD3 SRD5A2 AR
Chromosome variable 9q33.3 2p21 9q22 2p23 Xq11–12
External genitalia Female Female to male Female to ambiguous Female to ambiguous Female to ambiguous Female to ambiguous to male
Wolffian structures No Variable No variable Yes No (complete) to variable to male (minimal)
Müllerian structures Yes Variable No No No No
Gonads Streak Testes Testes Testes Testes Testes
Puberty No No/virilization No Virilization Virilization Femminilizatio to virilization
Sex change No Sometimes No 30–50% ~75% No (complete/minimal) to sometimes (partial)

AD, autosomal dominant; AR, autosomal recessive.

*

No adrenal insufficiency in heterozygous state; adrenal insufficiency is operative in homozygous state.

°

Frequent in some specific populations with a high rate of consanguineous marriage.