Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 311-324 , April 2010

Surgical options in disorders of sex development (dsd) with ambiguous genitalia

  • Isabelle Vidal, MD (Chief Resident in Paediatric Surgery)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Urology and Surgery, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, 69677 Bron, France
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  • Daniela Brindusa Gorduza, MD (Consultant in Paediatric Surgery)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Urology and Surgery, Membre du Centre de Référence National sur les Anomalies du Développement Sexuel, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, 69677 Bron, France
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  • Elodie Haraux, MD (Resident in Paediatric Surgery)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Urology and Surgery, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, 69677 Bron, France
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  • Claire-Lise Gay, MD (Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Membre du Centre de Référence National sur les Anomalies du Développement Sexuel, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, 69677 Bron, France
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  • Pierre Chatelain, MD (Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology)

      Affiliations

    • Claude-Bernard University, Lyon I, Department of Paediatric Urology and Surgery, Membre du Centre de Référence National sur les Anomalies du Développement Sexuel, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, 69677 Bron, France
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  • Marc Nicolino, MD (Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology)

      Affiliations

    • Claude-Bernard University, Lyon I, Department of Paediatric Urology and Surgery, Membre du Centre de Référence National sur les Anomalies du Développement Sexuel, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, 69677 Bron, France
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  • Pierre-Yves Mure, MD (Professor of Paediatric Surgery)

      Affiliations

    • Claude-Bernard University, Lyon I, Department of Paediatric Urology and Surgery, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, 69677 Bron, France
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  • Pierre Mouriquand, MD FRCS(Eng), FEAPU (Professor of Paediatric Urology)

      Affiliations

    • Claude-Bernard University, Lyon I, Department of Paediatric Urology and Surgery, Membre du Centre de Référence National sur les Anomalies du Développement Sexuel, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, 69677 Bron, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Paediatric Urology, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, Groupe Hospitalier Est, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France.

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doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.10.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 311-324 , April 2010

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