Results from a pediatric surgical centre justify early intervention in disorders of sex development

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 413-416

  Crawford, Jennifer M ^a   Warne, Garry ^b   Grover, Sonia ^a,b,c   Southwell, Bridget R ^c   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disorders of sex development (DSD); Gender identity; Health care satisfaction; PedsQL; Quality of life (QOL)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60149091699     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.101     Document Type: Article

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