Rules for clinical diagnosis in babies with ambiguous genitalia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 406-413

  Low, Y ^a   Hutson, J M ^a,b   Anderson, P ^c   Brady, J ^c   Carvalho, C ^c   Grover, S ^c   Hooper, J ^c   Hughes, E ^c   Hutson, J ^c   Jayasinghe, Y ^c   Metcalfe, S ^c   Northam, E ^c   Paul, C ^c   Pereira, D ^c   Rillstone, M ^c   Savulescu, J ^c   Sinclair, A ^c   Warne, G ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Diagnosis; Intersex

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GONAD; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PENIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; TESTIS DESCENT; UTERUS; VIRILIZATION;

FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 0141725683     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00179.x     Document Type: Review

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