female pseudohermaphroditism


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female pseudohermaphroditism

[¦fē‚māl ¦sü·dō·hər¦maf·rə′dīd‚iz·əm]
(physiology)
gynandry
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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CAH is the most common cause of female pseudohermaphroditism. It can rarely be a result of virilizing adrenocortical tumours.4
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After investigations, 3 children were diagnosed to have male pseudo hermaphroditism, 1 female pseudohermaphroditism, 3 true hermaphroditism, 3 abnormal gonadal development and 1 showed gonadal dysgenesis (Table 1, 2).
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