Absence of testicular steroid sulphatase activity in a boy with recessive X-linked ichthyosis and testicular maldescent
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 144 (3) , 273-274
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00451960
Abstract
We present a 14-year-old boy with recessive X-linked ichthyosis in whom only one testis could be found. In this apparently normal testis, a lack of activity of the enzyme steroid sulphatase was demonstrated. Several male patients with recessive X-linked ichthyosis have been reported to have testicular diseases, and it is suggested that this may be related to the absence of testicular steroid sulphatase activity.Keywords
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