Sex reassignment: A challenging problem - Current medical and Islamic guidelines

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-15

  Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a,d   Al Jurayyan, Nasir A M ^a   Abo Bakr, Abdullah M ^a   Abdullah, Mohammed Ahmed ^b   Al Husain, Muneera ^a   Al Rabeah, Abdullah A ^c   Patel, Pravinchandra J ^a   Jawad, Akram ^a   Al Samarrai, Asal I ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

EID: 0029923610     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.12     Document Type: Article

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