Gender identity of children and young adults with 5α-reductase deficiency

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Praveen, E P ^a   Desai, Ankush K ^a   Khurana, M L ^a   Philip, Jim ^a   Eunice, Marumudi ^a   Khadgawat, Rajesh ^a   Kulshreshtha, Bindu ^a   Kucheria, Kiran ^a   Gupta, Devendra K ^a   Seith, Ashu ^a   Ammini, Ariachery C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Disorders of sexual differentiation; Gender identity; Intersex; Male pseudohermaphroditism

Indexed keywords

STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; ROLE CHANGE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 41449118691     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2008.21.2.173     Document Type: Article

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