Evaluation of terminology used to describe disorders of sex development

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-415

  Davies, J H ^a   Knight, E J ^a   Savage, A ^b   Brown, J ^a   Malone, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Southampton Comm Hlth Serv NHS T   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disorders of sex development; Intersex; Nomenclature; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; FRIEND; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PARENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM; VIRILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958803395     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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