Management of Disorders of Sex Development. Editorial Commentary

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 871-880

  Sandberg, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Disorders of sex development; Health related quality of life; Multidisciplinary; Psychosexual; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DNA;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOGENETICS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GONADECTOMY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOSPADIAS; INTIMACY; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 84864412306     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.05.010     Document Type: Review

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