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Clitoral size in term newborns in Kumasi, Ghana Asafo-Agyei, Serwah B; Ameyaw, Emmanuel; Chanoine, Jean-Pierre; Zacharin, Margaret; Nguah, Samuel B

Abstract

Background: Data on normative clitoral sizes in newborns is relatively sparse and racial/ethnic differences have also been reported. This study was performed to establish norms for clitoral size in term Ghanaian female newborns. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of all apparently well full-term newborns of postnatal age 

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Clitoral size in term newborns in Kumasi, Ghana
Creator
Asafo-Agyei, Serwah B; Ameyaw, Emmanuel; Chanoine, Jean-Pierre; Zacharin, Margaret; Nguah, Samuel B
Contributor
Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.). Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2017-06-06
Description
Background: Data on normative clitoral sizes in newborns is relatively sparse and racial/ethnic differences have also been reported. This study was performed to establish norms for clitoral size in term Ghanaian female newborns. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of all apparently well full-term newborns of postnatal age 
Subject
Clitoral length; Clitoral width; Clitoral size; Newborns; Clitoromegaly
Geographic Location
Kumasi (Ghana)
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2018-05-29
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0367870
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/66171
Affiliation
Other UBC; Non UBC
Citation
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology. 2017 Jun 06;2017(1):6
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s13633-017-0045-y
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
The Author(s).
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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