Male pseudohermaphroditism due to steroid 5α-reductase 2 deficiency: Diagnosis, psychological evaluation, and management

Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 64-76

  Mendonca, Berenice B ^a   Inacio, Marlene ^a   Costa, Elaine M F ^a   Arnhold, Ivo J P ^a   Silva, Frederico A Q ^a   Nicolau, Wilian ^a   Bloise, Walter ^a   Russell, David W ^b   Wilson, Jean D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; PENIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029923706     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199603000-00003     Document Type: Review

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