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By Leonard Pinsky, Robert P. Erickson, and R. Neil Schimke. 410 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. $85. ISBN 0-29-510907-4.

An understanding of the genetic problems underlying aberrant sexual development has been one of the notable advances in developmental medicine. The authors of Genetic Disorders of Human Sexual Development recognized the need for an update on the achievements in this area and have provided a very good synopsis. The three authors are a perfect team, since they are recognized experts in pediatrics and genetics.

The book has 5 parts, encompassing 21 chapters. There is a good index and an extremely useful appendix of differential diagnoses for the most common features of various genital–sexual disorders. The first part of the book . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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