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- Title
Contexts of care for people with differences of sex development: Diversity is still missing in the laboratory routine.
- Authors
Kulle, Alexandra E.; Jürgensen, Martina; Döhnert, Ulla; Malich, Lisa; Marshall, Louise; Hiort, Olaf
- Abstract
The 2006 Chicago consensus statement of management of disorders/difference of sex development (DSD) has achieved advantages in clinical care and diagnosis for patients and families affect by DSD. This article provides a brief overview of contexts of care for physicians, and points out specific challenges in clinical practice that have arisen from the transformations of the sex/gender system in recent years. We focus on the impact of diagnosis and laboratory measurements. Both laboratory measurements and hormonal therapies still depend on the binary system. One problem is the lack of reference intervals for the different forms of DSD, which means that diversity is often neglected. In the following, we will give a brief insight into this complex topic.
- Subjects
SEX differentiation (Embryology); SEX differentiation disorders; HORMONE therapy; HUMAN sexuality; INTERSEXUALITY
- Publication
Medizinische Genetik, 2023, Vol 35, Issue 3, p181
- ISSN
0936-5931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/medgen-2023-2037