TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Disorders of Sex Development
A1  - Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1  - Cunningham, M. Douglas
A1  - Eyal, Fabien G.
A1  - Tuttle, Deborah J.
PY  - 2013
T2  - Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 7e
AB  - Ambiguous  genitalia  are  present  when  the  sex  of  an  infant  is  not  readily  apparent  after  examination  of  the  external  genitalia.  If  the  appearance  resembles  neither  a  male  with  a  normal  phallus  and  palpable  testes  nor  a  female  with  an  unfused  vaginal  orifice  and  absence  of  an  enlarged  phallic  structure,  the  genitalia  are  ambiguous,  and  investigation  before  gender  assignment  is  indicated.  The  recent  trend  has  been  to  refer  to  these  disorders  as  disorders  of  sex  development  (DSDs)  because  many  of  the  other  terms  used  are  considered  pejorative  by  some  patients  and  professionals.  Also,  the  term  “atypical  genitalia”  instead  of  “ambiguous  genitalia”  has  been  suggested.  New  definitions  and  classifications  are  also  being  proposed  in  this  already  very  complex  area.  For  the  purpose  of  this  on-call  manual,  the  embryology  and  pathophysiology  are  reviewed  as  relevant  to  the  initial  evaluation  and  treatment  of  patients  in  the  neonatal  period.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107528542
ER  -