Gender assignment in female congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A difficult experience

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 388-391

  Özbey, Hüsoyin ^a   Darendeliler, Fayza ^a   Kayserili, Hüyla ^a   Korkmazlar, Ümran ^a   Salman, Tansu ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Choice; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Culture; Gender (re)assignment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIRILIZATION;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; PENILE IMPLANTATION; PENILE PROSTHESIS; PUBERTY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 4344592903     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.04967.x     Document Type: Article

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