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December 1992 in “The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” Affected males are born with ambiguous genitalia, raised as females, but develop male traits at puberty due to enzyme deficiency.
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May 2003 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Human skin can produce steroids from cholesterol.
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