Changing attitudes to sex assignment in intersex

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 659-664

  Creighton, S M ^a   Liao, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genital surgery; Intersex; Psychology; Sex assignment

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITOPLASTY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KARYOTYPE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROPENIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX ROLE; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL RISK; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENDER IDENTITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 1642296556     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2003.04694.x     Document Type: Review

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