<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4eaad1f7-cdb0-4ed3-b635-731c4a9219a0/7D0BF590-7B7E-4089-8B9D-3F886EF71819/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swyer_syndrome&oldid=110578015" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swyer_syndrome&oldid=110578015" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swyer_syndrome&oldid=110578015"><B>Swyer syndrome</B>, or <B>XY gonadal dysgenesis</B>, is a type of female <A title="Hypogonadism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogonadism">hypogonadism</A> in which no functional <A title="Gonad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonad">gonads</A> are present to induce <A title="Puberty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty">puberty</A> in an otherwise normal girl whose <A title="Karyotype" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyotype">karyotype</A> is then found to be XY.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swyer_syndrome&oldid=110578015">Although an XY karyotype can also indicate a girl with complete <A title="Androgen insensitivity syndrome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitivity_syndrome">androgen insensitivity syndrome</A>, the absence of breasts, and the presence of a uterus and pubic hair exclude the possibility. At this point it is usually possible for a physician to make a diagnosis of Swyer syndrome.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swyer_syndrome&oldid=110578015">As girls' ovaries normally produce no important body changes before <A title="Puberty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty">puberty</A>, a defect of the reproductive system typically remains unsuspected in girls with Swyer syndrome until puberty fails to occur.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7D0BF590-7B7E-4089-8B9D-3F886EF71819/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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