Quality of life in a large cohort of adult Brazilian patients with 46,XX and 46,XY disorders of sex development from a single tertiary centre

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 274-279

  Cassia Amaral, Rita ^a   Inacio, Marlene ^a   Brito, Vinicius N ^a   Bachega, Tania A S S ^a   Oliveira, Ari A ^a   Domenice, Sorahia ^a   Denes, Francisco T ^a   Sircili, Maria Helena ^a   Arnhold, Ivo J P ^a   Madureira, Guiomar ^a   Gomes, Larissa ^a   Costa, Elaine M F ^a   Mendonca, Berenice B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BRAZILIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; WHOQOL BREF QUESTIONNAIRE; 46, XX DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; 46, XY DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT;

46, XX DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; 46, XY DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921483685     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12572     Document Type: Article

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