Three sibs with an inherited form of male pseudohermaphroditism are described. They were all born with ambiguous external genitalia but no diagnosis of a possible enzyme defect was made during childhood. First seen at the ages of 16, 14 and 10 years respectively, they were investigated in order to e
Surgical approach to male pseudohermaphroditism
β Scribed by Michael G. Packer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 152
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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