Differential diagnosis of disorders of sex development in Egypt

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-123

  Mazen, I ^a   Hiort, O ^b   Bassiouny, R ^a   El Gammal, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Reductase deficiency; Ambiguous genitalia; Androgen insensitivity; Disorders of sex development; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

AARSKOG SYNDROME; AMBIGUITY; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EGYPT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SYNDROME VATER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; INFANT; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XX; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XY; HUMANS; INFANT; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 54449090571     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000137657     Document Type: Article

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