Pediatric Gender Assignment: A Critical Reappraisal / Edition 1

by Stephen A. Zderic, Douglas A. Canning, Michael C. Carr, Howard McC. Snyder III

Overview

This volume focuses on the medical and surgical issues surrounding children born with ambiguous genitalia and intersex states. The editors, all renowned in this area of pediatrics, discuss the most recent medical, psychological, and ethical prools surrounding the clinical treatment of these children and adolescents. The endocrinological and hormonal aspects of this field are also discussed at great length. This volume is important for all researchers and professionals in the field of pediatric surgery, endocrinology, urology, and ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306467592
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	01/31/2003
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology , #511
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	309
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

1. SRY and the Genetics of Sex Determination; B.K. Jordan, E. Vilain. 2. Normal and Abnormal Testicular Development; F. Hadziselimovic, D. Huff. 3. Mullerian Inhibiting Substance: An Update; D.T. MacLaughlin, P.K. Donahoe. 4. Micropenis: An Animal Model and its Human Correlates; D.A. Husmann. 5. Hypothalamic Imprinting by Gonadal Steroid Hormones; R.A. Gorski. 6. Sexual Differentiation of the Human Hypothalamus; D.F. Swaab, et al. 7. The Endocrinologist's Approach to the Intersex Patient; P.C. White. 8. 5alpha-reductase;2 Deficiency and Complete Androgen Insensitivity: Lessons from Nature; J. Imperato-McGinley. 9. The CHOP Experience with Cloacal Exstrophy and Gender Reassignment; S.A. Zderic, et al. 10. A Framework for the Ethically Justified Clinical Management of Intersex Conditions; L.B. McCullough. 11. Gender Identity and Sex Assignment: A Reappraisal for the 21st Century; W.G. Reiner. 12. Gender Assignment and Reassignment in Intersexuality: Controversies, Data and Guidelines for Research; H.F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg. 13. Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment of Intersex States; N.E. Rintoul, et al. 14. Anatomical Studies of the Fetal Genitalia: Surgical Reconstructive Implications; L.S. Baskin. 15. Feminizing Genitoplasty; T.W. Hensle, J. Bingham. 16. The Management of Cloacal Exstrophy; M. Mitchell, J. Chadwick Plaire. 17. Total Phallic Construction, Option to Gender Reassignment; G.H. Jordan. 18. Penile Reconstruction with a Free Sensate Osteocutaneous Fibula Flap in the Surgical Management of the Intersex Patient; J.W. McRoberts, R.C. Sadove. 19. Tissue Engineering Approaches for Genital Reconstruction; A. Atala.