New recommendations for the initial evaluation of infants or adolescents with a suspected disorder of sex development (DSD) have been published by the UK Society for Endocrinology. A UK DSD taskforce consisting of a range of clinical professionals, stakeholder professional societies and members of patient support and/or advocacy groups was formed in 2009 to provide guidance to clinical professionals who encounter infants or adolescents with a DSD, and to harmonize good clinical practice. The findings, published in Clinical Endocrinology, emphasize the importance of supporting the affected individual and their parents, assigning a sex of rearing and excluding the possibility of other early medical problems.
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Ahmed, S. F. et al. Society for Endocrinology UK guidance on the initial evaluation of an infant or an adolescent with a suspected disorder of sex development (Revised 2015). Clin. Endocrinol. 10.1111/cen.12857
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Updated guidance on evaluating suspected DSDs. Nat Rev Endocrinol 11, 568 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2015.149
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