"Any decision is better than none" decision-making about sex of rearing for siblings with 17β-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase-3 deficiency

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-371

  Jürgensen, Martina ^a   Hampel, Eva ^a   Hiort, Olaf ^a   Thyen, Ute ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

17 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Decision making; Disorders of sex development; Gender identity; Gender role behavior

Indexed keywords

17BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 3; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

17BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; GENDER IDENTITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MUTATION; NARRATIVE; PARENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; REARING; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33745952804     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9034-6     Document Type: Article

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