Human sex differentiation and its abnormalities

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Migeon, Claude J ^a   Wisniewski, Amy B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Genes; Genitalia; Gonads; Intersex; Sex; Sex chromosome abnormalities; Sex differentiation disorders; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGEN RELEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPE 47,XXX; LEYDIG CELL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MUELLERIAN DUCT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SRY GENE; STEROID 11 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE DEFICIENCY; SUPPORT GROUP; TRIPLOIDY; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM; TURNER SYNDROME; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0037665995     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ybeog.2003.0354     Document Type: Review

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