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Sex chromosome disorder of sex development

MedGen UID:
423530
Concept ID:
C2936421
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Chromosome DSD, Sex; Chromosome DSDs, Sex; DSD, Sex Chromosome; DSDs, Sex Chromosome; Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development; Sex Chromosome DSD; Sex Chromosome DSDs
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0017975
Orphanet: ORPHA325546

Definition

A condition affecting gonadal and/or internal and/or external reproductive/genital development in which there is an atypical number of sex chromosomes (i.e. fewer or greater than the typical 2 X chromosomes or 1 X and 1 Y chromosome). [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Bertelloni S, Baroncelli GI, Massart F, Toschi B
Sex Dev 2015;9(4):183-9. Epub 2015 Nov 4 doi: 10.1159/000441342. PMID: 26529521

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Gravholt CH, Andersen NH, Christin-Maitre S, Davis SM, Duijnhouwer A, Gawlik A, Maciel-Guerra AT, Gutmark-Little I, Fleischer K, Hong D, Klein KO, Prakash SK, Shankar RK, Sandberg DE, Sas TCJ, Skakkebæk A, Stochholm K, van der Velden JA; International Turner Syndrome Consensus Group, Backeljauw PF
Eur J Endocrinol 2024 Jun 5;190(6):G53-G151. doi: 10.1093/ejendo/lvae050. PMID: 38748847
Porcu E, Cipriani L, Damiano G
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1269009. Epub 2023 Dec 5 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1269009. PMID: 38116311Free PMC Article
Butler G, Srirangalingam U, Faithfull J, Sangster P, Senniappan S, Mitchell R
Arch Dis Child 2023 Mar;108(3):166-171. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320831. PMID: 35948402Free PMC Article
Witchel SF
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2018 Apr;48:90-102. Epub 2017 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2017.11.005. PMID: 29503125Free PMC Article
Lee PA, Nordenström A, Houk CP, Ahmed SF, Auchus R, Baratz A, Baratz Dalke K, Liao LM, Lin-Su K, Looijenga LH 3rd, Mazur T, Meyer-Bahlburg HF, Mouriquand P, Quigley CA, Sandberg DE, Vilain E, Witchel S; Global DSD Update Consortium
Horm Res Paediatr 2016;85(3):158-80. Epub 2016 Jan 28 doi: 10.1159/000442975. PMID: 26820577

Diagnosis

Gravholt CH, Andersen NH, Christin-Maitre S, Davis SM, Duijnhouwer A, Gawlik A, Maciel-Guerra AT, Gutmark-Little I, Fleischer K, Hong D, Klein KO, Prakash SK, Shankar RK, Sandberg DE, Sas TCJ, Skakkebæk A, Stochholm K, van der Velden JA; International Turner Syndrome Consensus Group, Backeljauw PF
Eur J Endocrinol 2024 Jun 5;190(6):G53-G151. doi: 10.1093/ejendo/lvae050. PMID: 38748847
Reyes AP, León NY, Frost ER, Harley VR
Nat Rev Urol 2023 Jul;20(7):434-451. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.1038/s41585-023-00754-x. PMID: 37020056
Aly J, Kruszka P
Curr Opin Pediatr 2022 Aug 1;34(4):447-460. Epub 2022 Jul 5 doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001135. PMID: 35796656
Urakami T
Minerva Pediatr 2020 Dec;72(6):472-483. Epub 2020 Aug 4 doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.20.05971-X. PMID: 32748612
Witchel SF
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2018 Apr;48:90-102. Epub 2017 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2017.11.005. PMID: 29503125Free PMC Article

Therapy

Butler G, Srirangalingam U, Faithfull J, Sangster P, Senniappan S, Mitchell R
Arch Dis Child 2023 Mar;108(3):166-171. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320831. PMID: 35948402Free PMC Article
Isojima T, Yokoya S
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022;13:1068128. Epub 2023 Jan 12 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1068128. PMID: 36714599Free PMC Article
O'Connor MJ, Snyder EA, Hayes FJ
Curr Diab Rep 2019 Jul 31;19(9):71. doi: 10.1007/s11892-019-1197-3. PMID: 31367971
Klein KO, Rosenfield RL, Santen RJ, Gawlik AM, Backeljauw PF, Gravholt CH, Sas TCJ, Mauras N
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2018 May 1;103(5):1790-1803. doi: 10.1210/jc.2017-02183. PMID: 29438552
Skuse D, Printzlau F, Wolstencroft J
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;147:355-376. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63233-3.00024-5. PMID: 29325624

Prognosis

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Pedersen NL, Magnusson PKE, Boomsma DI, Willemsen AHM, Cupples L, van Meurs JBJ, Ghanbari M, Gordon-Larsen P, Huang W, Kim YJ, Tabara Y, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Zeggini E, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Ingelsson E, Abecasis G, Chambers JC, Kooner JS, de Vries PS, Morrison AC, Hazelhurst S, Ramsay M, North KE, Daviglus M, Kraft P, Martin NG, Whitfield JB, Abbas S, Saleheen D, Walters RG, Holmes MV, Black C, Smith BH, Baras A, Justice AE, Buring JE, Ridker PM, Chasman DI, Kooperberg C, Tamiya G, Yamamoto M, van Heel DA, Trembath RC, Wei WQ, Jarvik GP, Namjou B, Hayes MG, Ritchie MD, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Hveem K, Åsvold BO, Kubo M, Kamatani Y, Okada Y, Murakami Y, Kim BJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, Zhang J, Chen Y, Ho YL, Lynch JA, Rader DJ, Tsao PS, Chang KM, Cho K, O'Donnell CJ, Gaziano JM, Wilson PWF, Frayling TM, Hirschhorn JN, Kathiresan S, Mohlke KL, Sun YV, Morris AP, Boehnke M, Brown CD, Natarajan P, Deloukas P, Willer CJ, Assimes TL, Peloso GM
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Urakami T
Minerva Pediatr 2020 Dec;72(6):472-483. Epub 2020 Aug 4 doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.20.05971-X. PMID: 32748612
Neto FT, Bach PV, Najari BB, Li PS, Goldstein M
Curr Urol Rep 2016 Oct;17(10):70. doi: 10.1007/s11934-016-0627-x. PMID: 27502429
Lee PA, Nordenström A, Houk CP, Ahmed SF, Auchus R, Baratz A, Baratz Dalke K, Liao LM, Lin-Su K, Looijenga LH 3rd, Mazur T, Meyer-Bahlburg HF, Mouriquand P, Quigley CA, Sandberg DE, Vilain E, Witchel S; Global DSD Update Consortium
Horm Res Paediatr 2016;85(3):158-80. Epub 2016 Jan 28 doi: 10.1159/000442975. PMID: 26820577
Tartaglia NR, Howell S, Sutherland A, Wilson R, Wilson L
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Clinical prediction guides

Mahlangu JN, Lamas JL, Morales JC, Malan DR, Šalek SZ, Wang M, Boggio LN, Hegemann I, Mital A, Cardinal M, Zhu T, Sun P, Arkin S
Br J Haematol 2023 Jan;200(2):229-239. Epub 2022 Aug 23 doi: 10.1111/bjh.18420. PMID: 35999026Free PMC Article
Isojima T, Yokoya S
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Urakami T
Minerva Pediatr 2020 Dec;72(6):472-483. Epub 2020 Aug 4 doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.20.05971-X. PMID: 32748612
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Horm Res Paediatr 2016;85(3):158-80. Epub 2016 Jan 28 doi: 10.1159/000442975. PMID: 26820577

Recent systematic reviews

Dwyer AA, Héritier V, Llahana S, Edelman L, Papadakis GE, Vaucher L, Pitteloud N, Hauschild M
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022;13:909830. Epub 2022 Jun 24 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.909830. PMID: 35813640Free PMC Article
Liang B, Cheung AS, Nolan BJ
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2022 Jul;97(1):3-12. Epub 2022 Apr 15 doi: 10.1111/cen.14734. PMID: 35394664Free PMC Article
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Babu R, Shah U
J Pediatr Urol 2021 Feb;17(1):39-47. Epub 2020 Nov 12 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2020.11.017. PMID: 33246831
Reis CT, de Assumpção MS, Guerra-Junior G, de Lemos-Marini SHV
Qual Life Res 2018 Aug;27(8):1985-2006. Epub 2018 Feb 9 doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1810-y. PMID: 29427215

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