What Is Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)? What Causes Androgen Insensitivit

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What Is Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)? What Causes Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome?

Article Date: 23 Apr 2010 - 0:00 PDT

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/186480.php

Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a genetic disorder in which the XY fetus is unresponsive (insensitive) to androgens. Androgens are male hormones, such as testosterone. A baby with androgen insensitivity syndrome is born externally like a normal girl. However, internally they have a short blind-pouch vagina, and no ovaries, fallopian tubes or womb (uterus). The testes are in the inguinal canal or abdomen.

In other words, androgen insensitivity syndrome is a condition in which the development of the genitals and reproductive organs are affected.