Gender Identity in Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
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Gender Identity in Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Background Sex assignment in infancy for patients with disorder of sex development (DSD) is a challenging problem. Some of the patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) have DSD that may affect their gender identity. Objectives The study aimed to assess gender identity in patients with CAH. Methods In this study, 52 patients with CAH, including 22 prepubertal children and 30 adoles...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1726-913X,1726-9148
DOI: 10.5812/ijem.12537