True hermaphroditism in a phenotypic male without ambiguous genitalia: An unusual presentation at puberty

Hormone Research

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 261-264

  Alonso, Guillermo ^a,c   Pasqualini, Titania ^a   Busaniche, Julio ^a   Ruiz, Eduardo ^a   Chemes, Héctor ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Chimerism; Mosaicism; True hermaphroditism

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; GONAD; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH DISORDER; GYNECOMASTIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; OVARY; PENIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM;

ADOLESCENT; CHIMERA; GENITALIA, MALE; GYNECOMASTIA; HERMAPHRODITISM, TRUE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PUBERTY;

EID: 34948869380     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102693     Document Type: Article

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