One of your friends is in medical school. She tells you about a syndrome in which a genetic female develops ovaries normally as a fetus. However, due to the abnormal functioning of the adrenal gland, an excess amount of androgen is produced resulting in external genitals that are partly or completely male in appearance. Your friend is unable to recall the name of the syndrome. You know it and are able to tell her that it is

A. cryptorchidism.
B. congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
C. Klinefelter's syndrome.
D. androgen-insensitivity syndrome (AIS).


Answer: B

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