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A member asked:
Is androgen insensitivity like hermaphrodite?
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No: True hermaphrodites have both ovaries and testes. People with androgen insensitivity are genetically male, and make testosterone, but the body doesn't respond to it, leading to an outward appearance of a female.
Answered 3/19/2014
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No: Androgen insensitivity means that the receptors for testosterone type of hormones (t) cannot respond to t stimulation. In more severe cases infants with xy chromosomes (typically male) may develop female genitalia during fetal development because if this. They are likely to be raised as females with a diagnosis only coming after they don't get sexual hair or periods.
Answered 4/20/2013
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