The Newborn with Ambiguous Genitalia. New Diagnostic
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This review contains two parts. Part 1: definition of the problem, description of basic concepts related to normal sexual differentiation, diagnostic orientation for the clinician, and comments on the problem of sex assignment from the personal, social and legal point of views. Part 2 (to be published in the next issue of the Endocrinología Pediatrica On Line Site): description of the most common diagnostic problems to be faced by the pediatrician or the medical team.
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