Laparoscopic gonadectomy in two half-sister horses with male pseudohermaphroditism of the testicular feminisation type

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 299-304

  Bartmann, C P ^a   Lorber, K J ^a  

^a School of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horse; Intersex; Laparoscopic gonadectomy; Male pseudohermaphroditism; Testicular feminisation; Xy sex reversal syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; GONADECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORSE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0346789008     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2003.tb00253.x     Document Type: Article

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