Alternative titles and symbols : Androgen receptor deficiency; Dihydrotestosterone receptor deficiency; Testicular feminization syndrome; Dhtr deficiency; Ar deficiency; TFM;
Description : The androgen insensitivity syndrome is an X-linked recessive disorder in which affected
males have female external genitalia, female breast development, blind vagina, absent
uterus and female adnexa, and abdominal or inguinal testes, despite a normal male
46,XY karyotype. Partial androgen insensitivity results in hypospadias and micropenis
with gynecomastia (Reifenstein syndrome; 312300).;
Inheritance : X-linked recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the androgen receptor gene (AR, 313700.0001);