Disorders of sexual differentiation: Surgical challenges of vaginal reconstruction in Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS)

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-192

  Munoz, Jose A ^a   Swan, Kenneth G ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; GONADECTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE GRAFT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 77949518469     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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