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Clitoral Hypertrophy

Isolated mild clitoral hypertrophy may reveal 46,XY disorders of sex development in infancy due to 17βHSD-3 defect confirmed by molecular analysis

Minu M. GeorgePediatric Endocrinology Division, Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Sunil SinhaPediatric Endocrinology Division, Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Irene MamkinPediatric Endocrinology Division, Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Pascal PhilibertService d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Maria I. NewDivision of Adrenal Steroid Disorders, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Robert C. WilsonDivision of Adrenal Steroid Disorders, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Charles SultanService d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Svetlana TenPediatric Endocrinology Division, Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Amrit BhangooPediatric Endocrinology Division, Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 890-894 | Received 20 Jul 2010, Accepted 29 Nov 2010, Published online: 10 Jan 2011

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