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This site provides support and information for women with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF). Endocrine disorder affecting women under 40, causes profound infertility and vasomotor symptoms. Often called Premature or Early Menopause. Includes a POF FAQ full of information, a Listserv, Chat Room, Message Board and answers to POF related questions.

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WHAT IS TS INFORMATION NEWS ASPECTS Our aim is to offer support & information to girls & adult women with Turner Syndrome, their families and friends. LINKS CONTACT ...

This is the introduction page of the United Kingdom Intersex Society (UKIA), an education, advocacy, campaigning and support organisation which works on behalf of intersexed people.

Welcome to www.genetic.org. This Web site is sponsored by Klinefelter Syndrome and Associates and is designed to provide support and education for families and professionals dealing with the following genetic conditions: Klinefelter Syndrome and Associates Provides support for sex chromosome variations 47XXY, 48XXYY, 48XXXY, 49XXXY, and 49XY/XXY Human Growth Foundation Provides support for short ...

Intersexuality. Detailed info, support for intersexuals and parents of intersexuals. Sex reassignment, gender orientation, sexual identity, more.

ON THE SITE: Making The Cut Every time a baby is born in the U.S., doctors decide whether its genitals are normal or not. A girl born with a big clitoris is in big trouble. by Martha Coventry Sarah Jones Can't Wait A woman on a mission to marry activism and art by Jennifer Block Lunching With the Enemy The Independent Women's Forum are a slick antifeminist bunch, and they're always ready for ...

Hypospadias, the causes, living with it, surgery and support groups. Hypospadias & penis size ...

This site is an information resource for those affected by, or interested in Turner's Syndrome. Good places to start are: About the Society, or Got Questions Announcing our 21st Annual Conference! The Turner's Syndrome Society of Canada, a non-profit charitable organization, was founded in 1981 by an individual with TS who wanted to share experiences and information. It provides support ...

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Policy Statement Pediatrics Volume 106, Number 01 July 2000, pp 138-142 Evaluation of the Newborn With Developmental Anomalies of the External Genitalia (RE9958) AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Committee on Genetics Section on Endocrinology Section on Urology ABSTRACT. The newborn with abnormal genital development presents a difficult diagnostic and treatment challenge for the primary care ...

Ambiguous Genitalia and Intersexuality - Intersex conditions are among the most fascinating conditions encountered by the clinician. The ability to diagnose infants born with intersex ...

Statement of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons Working Party on the Surgical Management of Children Born with Ambiguous Genitalia July 2001 Members of the Working Party Mr Laurence Rangecroft Paediatric Surgery/Urology Newcastle upon Tyne Dr Caroline Brain Paediatric Endocrinology London Miss Sarah Creighton Gynaecology London Dr Domenico Di Ceglie Psychiatry London Dr Amanda ...

SEPTEMBER 2000 CONTENTS RELATED SITES AUTHOR'S NOTE Hopkins psychiatrist William Reiner is among those calling for dramatic change in the way doctors treat babies with intersex conditions. H E A L T H A N D M E D I C I N E Into the Hands of Babes By Melissa Hendricks Illustration by Kim Barnes Hopkins's William Reiner vividly remembers the child whose case made him rethink his approach to ...

USRF - The story of Guevedoces (literally, penis at 12 years) and how the investigation of this phenomenon lead to the development of finasteride (Proscar).

The Library Zen and The Art of Post-Operative Maintainence A primer on how to get ready for and recover after your surgery The Poetry Corner The Writings of Riki Anne Wilchins Eighteen Things You Don't Say To A Transsexual 60 Seconds on the IRT I Was Astride a Young Man The Runaround Video Tape Menstrual Period Lines In The Sand, Cries Of Desire The Castrated Woman A Womens Movement Knots ...

HYPOHH.net is the official web site for HYPOHH, the support organisation for sufferers of a rare group of hormonal disorders called hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism. The most common of these disorders is known as Kallmann's syndrome.

Should cosmetic surgery be performed on the genitals of children born with ambiguous genitals Peter Lee, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh; Immediate Past President, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society YES First, it would be important for me to make a distinction between cosmetic and corrective surgery. Cosmetic surgery implies that the surgery is done just so that ...

Website for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group ...

One word I would give to parents of a child born with ambiguous genitalia thinking about fixing the malformed genitals and gender assignment. STOP!

In 1967, a baby boy was turned into a girl, proof that a child s gender identity could be changed. The sex reassignment though was a failure. Story.

P&S Medical Review: August 1996, Vol.3, No.2 True Hermaphroditism: Considerations in the Management of Patients Presenting in Early and Adult Life Abstract A twenty-seven year old man with penoscrotal hypospadias and unilateral undescended gonad was diagnosed with lateral true hermaphroditism during an evaluation for infertility. Phenotype male true hermaphrodites seldom present in adult life, ...

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Last update: 18-Sep-2000 Arch Hellen Med, 16(5), September-October 1999, 452-456 BRIEF REVIEW Intersex Abnormal sexual differentiation* P. ANDROULAKAKIS Department of Pediatric Urology, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece Key words: Ambivalent genitalia, Hermaphroditism, Pseudohermaphroditism, Sexual differentiation * The views expressed in this article have been proposed by the ...

INSA letter- genital surgery on intersexed children. Choices involving sexual identity, cosmetic genital surgery should be left to the patient.

Take your strong protectors with you and read on! At long last, the truth about this is coming out in the open. We could only wish the changes they were asking for were stronger than just amending it to physical health. We'll be posting links to any and all information we can find, and links to where to write if you have had this happen to you, etc. From the New York Times: May 13, 1997 New ...

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