UK guidance on the initial evaluation of an infant or an adolescent with a suspected disorder of sex development

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-26

  Ahmed, S Faisal ^a,n   Achermann, John C ^b   Arlt, Wiebke ^c   Balen, Adam H ^d   Conway, Gerry ^e   Edwards, Zoe L ^f   Elford, Sue ^g   Hughes, Ieuan A ^h   Izatt, Louise ⁱ   Krone, Nils ^c   Miles, Harriet L ^h   O'Toole, Stuart ^a   Perry, Les ^j   Sanders, Caroline ^f   Simmonds, Margaret ^k   Wallace, A Michael ^l   Watt, Andrew ^a   Willis, Debbie ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^f ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g CLIMB CAH Support Group   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k AIS Support Group   (United Kingdom)

^l NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Clinical Biochemistry Service   (United Kingdom)

^m Society for Endocrinology   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Society for Endocrinology   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL GENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED KINGDOM; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958803288     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04076.x     Document Type: Article

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