Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 159-162, April 2010

The quiet revolution

Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Box 116, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK

The approach to the management of disorders of sex development (DSD) has undergone major changes in recent years. The catalyst has been a revised nomenclature, new classification of the causes of DSD and a willingness for health professionals to work in a multi-disciplinary format. In a remarkably short length of time, these revolutionary changes are becoming accepted practice across a range of medical and scientific disciplines.

Keywords: nomenclature, consensus, DSD (disorders of sex development), dissent

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PII: S1521-690X(10)00032-1

doi:10.1016/j.beem.2010.03.005

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 159-162, April 2010

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