Gonadal Dysgenesis in Normal-looking Females
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Gonadal dysgenesis
Disorders of sex development (DSD), previously referred to as intersex disorders, comprise a variety of congenital diseases with anomalies of the sex chromosome, the gonads, the reproductive ducts and the genitalia. DSD is loosely classified into four groups on the basis of histological features of the gonadal tissue: XX-DSD with two ovaries (female pseudohermaphroditism), XY-DSD with two testi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5030.1281