The masculinized female and investigation of abnormal sexual development

Bailliere's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 157-171

  Hughes, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

21 hydroxylase congenital adrenal deficiency; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; hCG stimulation; Masculinized female; Placental aromatase

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0031731179     PISSN: 0950351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-351X(98)80546-6     Document Type: Article

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