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Review
. 1995 Sep;30(9):1358-60.
doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(95)90505-7.

Male gender assignment in penile agenesis: a case report and review of the literature

A O Ciftci  1 , M E Senocak, N Büyükpamukçu
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Review

Male gender assignment in penile agenesis: a case report and review of the literature

A O Ciftci et al. J Pediatr Surg. 1995 Sep.

Abstract

The authors describe a patient with penile agenesis who was reared as a boy and died of chronic renal failure. A literature review was performed to clarify the management and outcome of patients with aphallia who are raised as males.

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