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5α-Reductase-2 deficiency: is gender assignment recommended in infancy? Two case-reports and review of the literature.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Aug 2020
Cocchetti C, Ristori J, Mazzoli F, Prunas A, Bertelloni S, Magini A, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Fisher A D
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PURPOSE: Gender assignment represents one of the most controversial aspects of the clinical management of individuals with Differences of Sex Development, including 5α-Reductase-2 deficiency (SRD5A2). Given the predominant female appearance of external genitalia in individuals with SRD5A2 deficiency, most of them were assigned to the female sex at birth. However, in the last years the high rate of gender role...
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