Investigation and initial management of ambiguous genitalia

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-218

  Ahmed, S Faisal ^a   Rodie, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DSD; evaluation; intersex

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; ALDOSTERONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHOLESTEROL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTODOXONE; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE; 3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE II; 3 BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE II; 3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYP17A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE DEFICIENCY; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLITORIS; CONSANGUINITY; CYSTOSCOPY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPING; LAPAROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; P450 OXIDOREDUCTASE DEFICIENCY; PENIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VIRILIZATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77956447265     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.12.001     Document Type: Review

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