Current views on evaluation, management, and gender assignment of the intersex infant

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-43

  Nelson, Caleb P ^a   Gearhart, John P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Endocrinopathy; Gender; Intersex; Pseudohermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HEREDITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PENIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRILIZATION;

FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 20744443038     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0028     Document Type: Review

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