Clinical evaluation study of the German network of disorders of sex development (DSD)/intersexuality: Study design, description of the study population, and data quality

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lux, Anke ^a   Kropf, Siegfried ^a   Kleinemeier, Eva ^b   Jürgensen, Martina ^b   Thyen, Ute ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Schleswig   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; GONAD; HEALTH CARE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; INFANT; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RARE DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GERMANY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RARE DISEASES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 65549123691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-110     Document Type: Article

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