Gender-role behaviour and gender identity in girls with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia

• Main Authors: Sumudu Nimali Seneviratne (Author), Umesh Jayarajah (Author), Shamaali Gunawardana (Author), Malik Samarasinghe (Author), Shamya de Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Girls with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are exposed to excess fetal adrenal androgens in-utero, and often born with masculinised genitalia. They are conventionally reared as females, but show more "boyish" gender-role behaviour (GRB) and gender-ident...