A rare disorder/difference of sex development characterized by a primary ovarian defect, either a failure of the gonads to develop or resistance to gonadotrophin stimulation which leads to premature ovarian failure (POF) in otherwise phenotypically female 46,XX individuals.
Other condition names
46,XX complete gonadal dysgenesis
46,XX ovarian dysgenesis
46,XX pure gonadal dysgenesis
FSH-RO
Follicular stimulating hormone-resistant ovaries
Hypergonadotropic ovarian dysgenesis
XX female gonadal dysgenesis
XX-GD
Inheritance type
Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, Not applicable, X-linked recessive