Clitoroplasty: Past, present and future

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-293

  Lean, W L ^a   Hutson, J M ^a,b,c   Deshpande, A V ^a   Grover, S ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Clitoromegaly; Clitoroplasty; Intersex; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; CLITORIS; CLITOROPLASTY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLITORIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 33947516134     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1893-y     Document Type: Review

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