title: Skeletal maturation in the XY female syndrome.
abstract: The assessment of bone age in eleven prepuberal patients with XY-female syndrome shows that skeletal maturation in these patients follow a male pattern. This supports the concept of a factor on the Y chromosome regulating skeletal maturation in the first ten years of life. Tall stature does not seem to be a feature of this syndrome in childhood.
mesh_terms: D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D001827:Body Height; D001846:Bone Development; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome