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Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology, Chapter 5. Gonadal Dysgenesis

Manuel Nistal1, Ricardo Paniagua2, Pilar González-Peramato1

  • 11 Department of Pathology, Hospital La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Calle Arzobispo Morcillo #2, Madrid 28029, Spain.

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology : the Official Journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society
|August 9, 2014
PubMed
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Understanding pediatric testicular pathology, especially disorders of sexual development (DSD) and gonadal dysgenesis, is challenging. This study clarifies classification and genetic correlations for accurate diagnosis.

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