True hermaphroditism and mixed gonadal dysgenesis in young children: A clinicopathologic study of 10 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1013-1019

  Kim, Kyu Rae ^a   Kwon, Youngmee ^a   Joung, Jae Young ^a   Kim, Kun Suk ^a   Ayala, Alberto G ^b   Ro, Jae Y ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intersex; Mixed gonadal dysgenesis; True hermaphroditism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GONADOBLASTOMA; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; STROMA CELL; TESTIS; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, MIXED; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TESTIS;

EID: 0036791568     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000027623.23885.0D     Document Type: Article

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