BACKGROUND Hirsutism is the presence of excess body or facial terminal (coarse) hair
growth in females in a male-like pattern, affects 5–15% of women, and is an important sign …

Elite individual sports in which success depends on power, speed, or endurance are
conventionally divided into male and female events using traditional binary definitions of …

Since the publication of the 1/e in 1977, BLAUSTEIN'S PATHOLOGY OF THE FEMALE
GENITAL TRACT has consolidated its position as the leading textbook of GYN pathology. It …

Female and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before
birth. That's taught as fact in psychology textbooks, academic journals, and bestselling …

Differences/disorders of sex development (DSD) are a heterogeneous group of congenital
conditions that result in discordance between an individual's sex chromosomes, gonads …

Abstract Individuals with 5α-reductase-2 deficiency (5α-RD-2) and 17β-hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase-3 deficiency (17β-HSD-3) are often raised as girls. Over the past number of …

Presents an overview of the research, clinical insights, and ethical dilemmas relevant to
clinicians who treat intersex youth and their families. Exploring gender development from a …

Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a potent androgen, is converted from testosterone by 5α-
reductase isozymes. There are two 5α-reductase isozymes, type 1 and type 2 in humans …

abstract Context: In 46, XY disorders of sex development, 5α-reductase deficiency is rare
and is not usually the first-intention diagnosis in newborn ambiguous genitalia, contrary to …

Sex development relies on the sex-specific action of gene networks to differentiate the
bipotential gonads of the growing fetus into testis or ovaries, followed by the differentiation of …