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Case Reports
. 1997 Mar;151(3):298-304.
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170400084015.

Sex reassignment at birth. Long-term review and clinical implications

M Diamond  1 , H K Sigmundson
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Sex reassignment at birth. Long-term review and clinical implications

M Diamond et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997 Mar.

Abstract

This article is a long-term follow-up to a classic case reported in pediatric, psychiatric, and sexological literature. The penis of an XY individual was accidentally ablated and he was subsequently raised as a female. Initially this individual was described as developing into a normally functioning female. The individual, however, was later found to reject this sex of rearing, switched at puberty to living as a male, and has successfully lived as such from that time to the present. The standard in instances of extensive penile damage to infants is to recommend rearing the male as a female. Subsequent cases should, however, be managed in light of this new evidence.

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  • To be male or female--that is the question.
    Reiner W. Reiner W. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997 Mar;151(3):224-5. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170400010002. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997. PMID: 9080927 No abstract available.
  • Sex reassignment at birth: long-term review and clinical implications.
    Van Howe RS, Cold CJ. Van Howe RS, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997 Oct;151(10):1062. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170470096021. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997. PMID: 9343024 No abstract available.
  • Sex reassignment at birth.
    Benjamin JT. Benjamin JT. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997 Oct;151(10):1062-4. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170470096023. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997. PMID: 9343025 No abstract available.
  • Sex reassignment at birth.
    Schwarz HP. Schwarz HP. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997 Oct;151(10):1064. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170470098026. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997. PMID: 9343026 No abstract available.

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