Approach to assigning gender in 46,XX congenital adrenal hyperplasia with male external genitalia: Replacing dogmatism with pragmatism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4501-4508

  Houk, Christopher P ^a   Lee, Peter A ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 77957804691     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0714     Document Type: Review

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