Ambiguous genitalia: What prenatal genetic testing is practical?

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 158 A, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1337-1343

  Adam, Margaret P ^a,b   Fechner, Patricia Y ^a,b   Ramsdell, Linda A ^a   Badaru, Angela ^a,b   Grady, Richard E ^a   Pagon, Roberta A ^a,b   Mccauley, Elizabeth ^a,b   Cheng, Edith Y ^a   Parisi, Melissa A ^c   Shnorhavorian, Margarett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Disorders of sex development; Hypospadias; Intersex; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FETUS OUTCOME; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; SRY GENE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY;

DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84861225397     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35338     Document Type: Article

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