Early assessment of ambiguous genitalia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-407

  Ogilvy Stuart, A L ^a   Brain, C E ^b  

^a Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; DNA; SEX HORMONE;

AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; VIRILIZATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; KARYOTYPING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

DNA; GENITALIA; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS;

EID: 2342569010     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.011312     Document Type: Review

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