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How should we classify DSD?

Nature Reviews Urology volume 7, page 595 (2010)Cite this article

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Two papers published in the Journal of Pediatric Urology have addressed the controversy surrounding the terminology used to describe patients with abnormalities of sex determination.

The nomenclature for such disorders has long been contentious. Patients and their families often struggle to come to terms with not just the diagnosis but also the difficulties associated with being dubbed 'intersex'. This term has been used since the 1920s, when it was adopted in favor of the historical labels 'hermaphrodite' and 'pseudohermaphrodite' which were considered derogatory and stigmatizing.

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS

  1. Davies, J. H. et al. Evaluation of terminology used to describe disorders of sexual development. J. Pediatr. Urol. doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2010.07.004

  2. Aaronson, I. & Aaronson, A. How should we classify intersex disorders? J. Pediatr. Urol. doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2010.04.008

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Fenner, A. How should we classify DSD?. Nat Rev Urol 7, 595 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2010.169

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