Congenital estrogen deficiency

Congenital estrogen deficiency is a genetic condition by which the body is unable to produce or use estrogens.^[1]

Conditions include:

Aromatase deficiency, a condition where the enzyme aromatase is absent and androgens are not converted to estrogens.
Estrogen insensitivity syndrome, a condition where the estrogen receptor is defective and estrogen are not biologically active.

References

↑ Rochira V, Balestrieri A, Madeo B; et al. (June 2001). "Congenital estrogen deficiency: in search of the estrogen role in human male reproduction". Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 178 (1-2): 107–15. doi:10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00432-4. PMID 11403900.

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