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Psychosexual aspects of virilization syndrome
Author(s) -
Chavis W.M.,
LaFerla J.J.,
Brown J.C.,
Keith R.B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90830-8
Subject(s) - virilization , medicine , psychosexual development , gynecology , endocrinology , developmental psychology , hormone , androgen , psychology
A case is reported of a 35‐year‐old black woman with marked hirsuitism. The focus is on the psychosexual aspects of her illness. Physicians must attend to the potentially devastating effects of virilization syndrome on their female patients.