Absence of the clitoris in a 13-year-old adolescent: Medical implications for child and adolescent health

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 415-418

  Bellemare, Steven ^a,c   Dibden, Lionel ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Child Protection Team   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Clitoris; Embryology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLITORIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CLITORIS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 28844497330     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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