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The authors thank V. Pilford-Wilkie (Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge) for undertaking gene sequencing. The authors thank Dr. D. J. Halsall Department of Clinical Biochemistry for biochemical analysis, K. Mastroyannopoulou, Department of Paediatric Psychology and S. Kenwrick, Department of Clinical Genetics, East Anglian Medical Genetics Service.

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  1. Institute of Metabolic Science, Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Box 289, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK

    A. K. Annamalai & H. L. Simpson

  2. Department of Histopathology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    A. D. Cluroe

  3. Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    E. Sala

  4. Department of Clinical Genetics, East Anglian Medical Genetics Service, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    S. M. Park

  5. Department of Obstetrics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    J. MacDougall

  6. Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    I. A. Hughes

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Annamalai, A.K., Cluroe, A.D., Sala, E. et al. Puberty reveals a familial disorder of sex development. Endocrine 42, 453–455 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-012-9635-x

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