AIS support group established

A Canadian support group has been established for people affected by androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) and the parents of AIS children. With AIS (testicular feminization), patients have the XY chromosome pattern, bilateral testes, female external genitalia and a blindly ending vagina (see Natarajan A: Medical ethics and truth telling in the case of androgen insensitivity syndrome. CMAJ 1996; 154: 568-570 [full text]). Estimates of its incidence range between 1 in 20 000 and 1 in 64 000. For more information write the AIS Support Group, Box 425, Postal Station C, 1117 Queen St. W., Toronto ON M6J 3P5; 416 535-0948.

| CMAJ March 15, 1996 (vol 154, no 6) |