The burden, prevention and care of infants and children with congenital anomalies in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

AZ Leke, H Malherbe, E Kalk, U Mehta… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this scoping review was to determine the scope, objectives and methodology of
contemporary published research on congenital anomalies (CAs) in sub-Saharan Africa …

“Waking up” the sleeping metaphor of normality in connection to intersex or DSD: a scoping review of medical literature

E De Clercq, G Starke, M Rost - History and Philosophy of the Life …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of the study is to encourage a critical debate on the use of normality in the medical
literature on DSD or intersex. For this purpose, a scoping review was conducted to identify …

A Single-Center, Observational Study of 607 children and Young people presenting with differences of Sex Development (DSD)

E Man, I Mushtaq, A Barnicoat… - Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Context Differences of sex development (DSD) represent a wide range of conditions
presenting at different ages to various health professionals. Establishing a diagnosis …

Etiology and clinical presentation of disorders of sex development in Kenyan children and adolescents

P Amolo, P Laigong, A Omar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The purpose of this study was to describe baseline data on etiological, clinical,
laboratory, and management strategies in Kenyan children and adolescents with Disorders …

Telomere Dysfunction in Pediatric Patients with Differences/Disorders of Sexual Development

H Younoussa, M Gadji, M Soumboundou, B Colicchio… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Differences/Disorders of sex development (DSDs) are conditions in which the development
of chromosomal, gonadal, and anatomical sexes is atypical. DSDs are relatively rare, but …

The Universal Periodic Review and the Ban on Intersex Genital Mutilation in an African Context

SCI Ravesloot - Social Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) assesses the human rights records of all 193 UN
Member States against the benchmark of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its …

Prevalence of differences of sex development in children and adolescents in Switzerland from 2000-2019

S Metzger, G Sommer, CE Flueck - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Objective Reliable data on prevalence of differences of sex development (DSD) are lacking.
We aimed to estimate population-based prevalence of DSD in Switzerland. Design …

Clinical, biochemical, and biomolecular aspects of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in a group of Cameroonian children and adolescents

SSN Um, RM Betoko, I Mekone, AB Chetcha… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Objectives Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) remains one of the most challenging
endocrine disorders to diagnose, manage, and treat, especially in Africa where there is lack …

Clitoral sizes and anogenital distances in term newborns in Nigeria

AO Adekoya, MB Fetuga, OO Jarrett… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Previous studies suggest significant ethnic and racial differences in clitoral
sizes and anogenital distances in the newborn. This study aimed to document normative …

Genital abnormalities and management outcomes as seen in the university of port harcourt teaching hospital, Nigeria

IE Yarhere, T Jaja, GC Wekere - Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2022 - ajol.info
Background: Genital abnormalities are a source of concern and anxiety to parents and
patients and in some cases, for the physicians who may have difficulty making the …