Developmental, sexual and reproductive neuroendocrinology: Historical, clinical and ethical considerations

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-263

  Diamond, Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Case registry; Clinical treatment; Ethics; Intersex; Surgery; Transsexuality

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CLOACA EXSTROPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOPING; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FEMININITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; INFORMED CONSENT; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEROID THERAPY; TRANSSEXUALISM; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ANDROGENS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PENIS; REGISTRIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 79955481612     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2011.02.003     Document Type: Editorial

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