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Ambiguous Genitalia

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Disturbance of both the sex determination and differentiation occurs when the genotype (usually but not always 46XX or 46XY) is a variant of sexual phenotype, either partial or complete. Ambiguous genitalia describe a type of disorder of sexual development (DSD) in which the external phenotype is sufficiently abnormal to cause uncertainty regarding the sex of the child.

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  1. Pediatric Endocrinology, Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Micheline Abreu Rayol de Souza M.D. & Izabel Calland Ricarte Beserra Ph.D.

  2. Endocrinology, Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG), Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Marilia Martins Guimarães M.D., Ph.D.

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de Souza, M.A.R., Beserra, I.C.R., Guimarães, M.M. (2014). Ambiguous Genitalia. In: Bandeira, F., Gharib, H., Golbert, A., Griz, L., Faria, M. (eds) Endocrinology and Diabetes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8684-8_19

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