Gender identity and role in a pedigree of Arabs with intersex due to 5 alpha reductase-2 deficiency.

doi:10.1016/s0306-4530(96)00032-7

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Gender identity and role in a pedigree of Arabs with intersex due to 5 alpha reductase-2 deficiency.

Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Nov 1996

al-Attia H M

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Between 1986 and 1995, a pedigree of six Arabs with male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5 alpha reductase-2 deficiency have been identified. All, were raised as girls since birth. At the time of diagnosis, three were post-pubertal, one pubertal and two pre-pubertal. The external genitalia of 'pseud...

Topics

3-Oxo-5-alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase
Adolescent
Adult
Arabs
Child
Child, Preschool
Cultural Characteristics
Disorders of Sex Development
Female
Humans
Isoenzymes
Male
Pedigree
Phenotype
Psychosexual Development
Socialization

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