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This volume focuses on the medical and surgical issues surrounding children born with ambiguous genitalia and intersex states. The editors discuss contemporary medical, psychological, and ethical protocols surrounding the clinical treatment of these children and adolescents. The endocrinological and hormonal aspects of this field are also discussed at great length. This volume should be useful for all researchers and professionals in the field of pediatric surgery, endocrinology, urology, and ethics.

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Author:   Stephen A. Zderic ,  Douglas A. Canning ,  Michael C. Carr ,  Howard McC. Snyder III
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2002 ed.
Volume:   511
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.410kg
ISBN:  

9780306467592

ISBN 10:   0306467593
Pages:   309
Publication Date:   31 January 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

SRY AND THE GENETICS OF SEX DETERMINATION.- GONADAL DIFFERENTIATION — NORMAL AND ABNORMAL TESTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.- MULLERIAN INHIBITING SUBSTANCE: AN UPDATE.- MICROPENIS: AN ANIMAL MODEL AND ITS HUMAN CORRELATES.- HYPOTHALAMIC IMPRINTING BY GONADAL STEROID HORMONES.- SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE HUMAN HYPOTHALAMUS.- THE ENDOCRINOLOGIST’S APPROACH TO THE INTERSEX PATIENT.- 5a-REDUCTASE-2 DEFICIENCY AND COMPLETE ANDROGEN INSENSITIFITY: LESSONS FROM NATURE.- THE CHOP EXPERIENCE WITH CLOACAL EXSTROPHY AND GENDER REASSIGNMENT.- A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF INTERSEX CONDITIONS.- GENDER IDENTITY AND SEX ASSIGNMENT: A REAPPRAISAL FOR THE 21sT CENTURY.- GENDER ASSIGNMENT AND REASSIGNMENT IN INTERSEXUALITY: CONTROVERSIES, DATA AND GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH.- PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF INTERSEX STATES.- ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF THE FETAL GENITALIA: SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTIVE IMPLICATIONS.- FEMINIZING GENITOPLASTY.- MANAGEMENT OF CLOACAL EXSTROPHY.- TOTAL PHALLIC CONSTRUCTION, OPTION TO GENDER REASSIGNMENT.- PENILE RECONSTRUCTION WITH A FREE SENSATE OSTEOCUTANEOUS FIBULA FLAP IN THE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE INTERSEX PATIENT.- TISSUE ENGINEERING APPROACHES FOR GENITAL RECONSTRUCTION.

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