Androgen Insensitivity Symptoms Causes And Treatment
Androgen insensitivity syndromes fall under the broader category of disorders of sexual development or differences of sexual development—DSDs. These conditions are also known as being intersex. Although that term has fallen out of favor, intersex is easier for some people to understand. People with DSDs have physical characteristics that are between male and female. Androgen insensitivity syndromes are DSDs because androgen insensitivity affects the sexual development of the body. People are generally taught that sex is determined by chromosomes—either people have male XY chromosomes or female XX chromosomes....