Advice on the management of ambiguous genitalia to a young endocrinologist from experienced clinicians

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 339-350

  Wilson, Jeand ^a   Rivarola, Marcoa ^b   Mendonca, Bereniceb ^c   Warne, Garryl ^d,e   Josso, Nathalie ^f   Drop, Stenvertl S ^g   Grumbach, Melvinm ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 reductase 2 deficiency; androgen insensitivity; anti M llerian hormone; chromosomal sex; congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH); defects in androgen synthesis action; dihydrotestosterone; disorders of sexual development (DSD); gonadal sex; Jost model; mixed gonadal dysgenesis; ovotesticular DSD; phenotypic sex; placental aromatase deficiency; testosterone

Indexed keywords

17 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; ADOLESCENCE; AGE; AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINOLOGIST; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2 DEFICIENCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIRILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES;

EID: 84866972078     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1324717     Document Type: Article

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