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Rules for clinical diagnosis in babies with ambiguous genitalia
Author(s) -
Low Y,
Hutson JM
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00179.x
Subject(s) - ambiguous genitalia , medicine , interpretation (philosophy) , ambiguity , sex organ , external genitalia , embryology , disorders of sex development , gynecology , pediatrics , anatomy , linguistics , genetics , biology , philosophy
Abstract: Intersex disorders are rare and complex; yet, in each case of genital ambiguity, accurate and expeditious management is required of the clinician. This article reviews the embryology of sexual differentiation, from which some ‘rules’ of diagnosis are derived. A simplified approach to the interpretation of clinical signs in ambiguous genitalia is presented and discussed.