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The Fetal Hormonal Environment and its Effect on the Morphogenesis of the Genital System

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Pediatric Andrology

Part of the book series: Clinics in Andrology ((CLAN,volume 7))

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In the normal male fetus a 46XY genotype leads to gonadal male sex; thereafter it is the hormones produced by the fetal testis which imprint a male pattern onto the indifferent embryonic genital precursor (Jost, 1953; Wilson, 1978). This chapter will review the changes in and regulation of fetal hormonal levels and their relation to male genital differentiation.

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    E. S. E. Hafez

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Smail, P.J., Reyes, F.I., Winter, J.S.D., Faiman, C. (1981). The Fetal Hormonal Environment and its Effect on the Morphogenesis of the Genital System. In: Kogan, S.J., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Pediatric Andrology. Clinics in Andrology, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3719-8_2

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