Factors contributing to sex assignment and reassignment decisions in Turkish children with 46,XY disorders of sex development

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1001-1015

  Uslu, Runa ^a   Oztop D ^b   Ozcan O ^c   Yilmaz, S ^a   Berberoglu M ^a   Adiyaman, P ^a   Cakmak M ^d   Kerimoglu E ^a   Ocal G ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disorders of sexual development; Intersex; Pseudo hermaphoroditism; Psychological factors; Sex assignment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRILIZATION;

EID: 35649009975     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2007.20.9.1001     Document Type: Article

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