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Disorders of sex development
Medical conditions involving the development of the reproductive system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Disorders of sex development (DSDs), also known as differences in sex development or variations in sex characteristics (VSC),[2] [3] are congenital conditions affecting the reproductive system, in which development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical.[4]
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Other names | Disorders of sex differentiation, variations of sex characteristics[1] |
Specialty | Medical genetics |
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DSDs are subdivided into groups in which the labels generally emphasize the karyotype's role in diagnosis: 46,XX; 46,XY; sex chromosome; XX, sex reversal; ovotesticular disorder; and XY, sex reversal.[5]