Etiology and clinical profile of ambiguous genitalia - An overview of 10 years experience

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 974-979

  Joshi, Rajesh R ^a,b   Rao, Sudha ^a   Desai, Meena ^a  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

^b D/3 Parshvanath Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Gonads; Hermaphroditism

Indexed keywords

STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KARYOTYPING; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE DEFICIENCY; VIRILIZATION; INDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33947188657     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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