5 α-reductase type 2 deficiency: Response to dihydrotestosterone gel

摘要

5α-reductase (5α-R) deficiency is an important cause of ambiguious genitalia in genetic males; however therapeutic experience in literature is limited. In this report authors describe a child with 46 XY Disorder of Sexual Differentiation (DSD), due to 5α-reductase deficiency, who was managed with Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) gel.