Freemartinism

A condition occurring in the female offspring of dizygotic twins (TWIN, DIZYGOTIC) in a mixed-sex pregnancy, usually in CATTLE. Freemartinism can occur in other mammals. When placental fusion between the male and the female FETUSES permits the exchange of fetal cells and fetal hormones, TESTICULAR HORMONES from the male fetus can androgenize the female fetus producing a sterile XX/XY chimeric "female"(CHIMERISM).

Urogenital Diseases: 126
- Urogenital Abnormalities: 76
  - Disorders of Sex Development: 730
    - Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development: 3
      - Freemartinism: 8
- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
  - Female Urogenital Diseases
    - Urogenital Abnormalities: 76
      - Disorders of Sex Development: 730
        Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development: 3
        Freemartinism: 8
- Male Urogenital Diseases
  - Urogenital Abnormalities: 76
    - Disorders of Sex Development: 730
      - Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development: 3
        Freemartinism: 8
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities: 933
- Congenital Abnormalities: 25723
  - Urogenital Abnormalities: 76
    - Disorders of Sex Development: 730
      - Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development: 3
        Freemartinism: 8
Endocrine System Diseases: 968
- Gonadal Disorders: 30
  - Disorders of Sex Development: 730
    - Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development: 3
      - Freemartinism: 8
Animal Diseases: 416
- Cattle Diseases: 74
  - Freemartinism: 8

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