Title : 3alpha-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type III deficiency: a novel mechanism for hirsutism.

Pub. Date : 2008 Apr

PMID : 18252781






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1 CONTEXT: Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the primary active androgen in peripheral target tissues, is metabolized by 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type III (3alpha-HSD), encoded by the AKR1C2 gene, forming 5alpha-androstane-3alpha,17beta-diol (3alpha-diol). androstane aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C4 Homo sapiens