Quality of life and gender role behavior in disorders of sexual differentiation in India

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 879-888

  Julka, S ^a   Bhatia, V ^a   Singh, U ^a   Northam, E ^b   Dabadghao, P ^a   Phadke, S ^a   Wakhlu, A ^a   Warne, G L ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Gender role; Quality of life; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; INDIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEX ROLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 33748464330     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.7.879     Document Type: Article

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