hrp0089fc8.1 | Sex differentiation, Gonads and Gynaecology or Sex Endocrinology | ESPE2018

Estrogen Receptor 2 Variant as a Novel Cause for Dysgenetic Ovaries

Lang-Muritano Mariarosaria , Sproll Patrick , Wyss Sascha , Kolly Anne , Hurlimann Renate , Konrad Daniel , Biason-Lauber Anna

Background: Variants in the estrogen receptor α (ESR1) have previously been described in male and female patients presenting with estrogen resistance. Estrogen resistance is characterized by delayed bone-age, early-onset osteoporosis, delayed puberty and multicystic ovaries in women. So far, no clinical consequences of variants in the estrogen receptor β (ESR2) have been reported in 46,XX patients, although ESR2 variants have previously been implicated in 46,XY DSD p...