Sex Differentiation Disorders (SDD) prenatal sonographic diagnosis, genetic and hormonal work-up

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-21

  Katorza, Eldad ^a   Pinhas Hamiel, Orit ^a   Mazkereth, Ram ^a   Gilboa, Yinon ^a   Achiron, Reuven ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Differentiation; Gender; Genetic; Hormonal; Prenatal; Sex; Sonographic

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; WNT4 PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE;

BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; EPISPADIAS; FEMALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRISOMY 13; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; METABOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENITALIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70349564410     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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