Commentary Open Access
Volume 4 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/pediatrics.4.029
Prenatal phenotype-genotype discordance allows for earlier identification of disorders of sexual development
Maya Muhanna1,*, Brandon Godinich2, Stephanie Stokes3, Lee D. Moore4, Natalia Schlabritz-Lutsevich M.D., PhD5, James Maher III, M.D.6, Lawrence Devoe M.D7
- 1Medical College of Georgia, 420 Topgolf Way APT 1205, Augusta GA 30909, USA
- 2Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso, El Paso TX, USA
- 3Albany Medical Center, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Albany NY, USA
- 4Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at the Permian Basin, Odessa TX, USA
- 5Advanced Fertility Centers, Odessa, TX, USA
- 6Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta GA, USA
- 7Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta GA, USA
Corresponding Author
Maya Muhanna, mmuhanna@augusta.edu
Received Date: September 03, 2024
Accepted Date: September 24, 2024
Muhanna M, Godinich B, Stokes S, Moore LD, Lutsevich NS, Maher J, et al. Prenatal phenotype-genotype discordance allows for earlier identification of disorders of sexual development. J Clin Pediatr Neonatol. 2024;4(1):28-31.
Copyright: © 2024 Muhanna M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), Disorders of sexual development (DSD), Phenotype-genotype discordance (GPD), Ultrasound, Prenatal sex, Intersex, Sex assignment, Gonadectomy, Pediatric endocrinology
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