Disease or Syndrome
reifenstein syndrome
Definitions related to reifenstein syndrome:
  • A disorder also known as partial androgen insensitivity syndrome (PAIS). These patients exhibit partial resistance to androgenic and metabolic effects of TESTOSTERONE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (partial androgen insensitivity syndrome) A genetic disorder associated with a mutation in the AR gene, resulting in partial resistance to androgenic hormones.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Partial androgen insensitivity syndrome (PAIS) is a disorder of sex development that affects the growing reproductive and genital organs of a fetus. Androgen insensitivity refers to the inability of the body of an individual with a 46, XY karyotype (usually leading to normal male development) to properly respond to male sex hormones...
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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