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Fetal androgens in the early treated adrenogenital syndrome of 46 XX hermaphroditism: Influence on assertive and aggressive types of behavior
Author(s) -
Money John,
Schwartz Mark
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1976)2:1<19::aid-ab2480020104>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - adrenogenital syndrome , medicine , pediatrics
Abstract Fifteen hermaphroditic females with the adrenogenital syndrome received corrective, androgen‐suppressing therapy with cortisone from birth onward. They were studied psychologically in late adolescence and adulthood, with particular attention to a possible long‐term effect of fetal androgenization on aggressive manifestations. No such effect was evident. The girls were tomboyish in the manner previously reported for the adrenogenital syndrome.