Disorders of sex development (DSDs), their presentation and management in different cultures

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Warne, Garry L ^a   Raza, Jamal ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Culture; Disorders of sex development; Gender identity; Genital surgery; Long term outcome; Poverty

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS;

EID: 49349094334     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-008-9084-2     Document Type: Review

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