Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A critical appraisal of the evolution of feminizing genitoplasty and the controversies surrounding gender reassignment

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Braga, L H ^a   Pippi Salle, Joao L ^b  

^a MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Feminizing genitoplasty; Gender reassignment; Urogenital sinus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLITORIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DECISION MAKING; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMINIZATION; FEMINIZING GENITOPLASTY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER REASSIGNMENT; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VIRILIZATION; WATCHFUL WAITING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 73949107907     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1233490     Document Type: Review

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