Abstract
I NTRODUCTION Much has been said, though little scientifically ascertained, regarding the effects of prepubertal castration on subsequent genitopelvic and psychosexual functioning in man. In modern civilized society, where it is virtually impossible to find prepubertally castrated males for postchildhood study, one turns instead to clinical syndromes for examples. The clinical condition that most nearly approximates simple removal of the testes is that of idiopathic bilateral anorchia or its variant condition of prepubertally atrophic, nonfunctional testes (hyporchia). The cause of these rare conditions is not known. By contrast to the missing X chromosome of gonadal agenesis (Turner's syndrome) in the female, and the extra X chromosome of tubular hyalinization or
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