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01-07-2004 | Original Article

Feminising surgery in male pseudohermaphrodites

Authors: Indre Zaparackaite, Vidmantas Barauskas, Ole Henrik Nielsen

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 7/2004

Abstract

In the framework of the international project between the paediatric surgery clinics of Kaunas Medical University and Copenhagen University Hospital, 34 patients raised as females were examined and treated. Eighteen patients were affected by androgen insensitivity syndrome, and16 patients by mixed gonadal dysgenesis. All patients had a Y chromosome, although external genitalia was either typically female or had mixed features of both sexes. The particulars of diagnostics and treatment are discussed, focusing on surgical complications.

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Title: Feminising surgery in male pseudohermaphrodites
Authors: Indre Zaparackaite
Vidmantas Barauskas
Ole Henrik Nielsen
Publication date: 01-07-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 7/2004
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-004-1209-4

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Feminising surgery in male pseudohermaphrodites

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