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The adrenal glands are responsible for many processes in the body. When functioning correctly, they produce various hormones that trigger chemical activity in every system. But what happens when disorders, such as Cushing's syndrome, interfere with those hormonal mechanisms? The following information should help you discuss the adrenal gland and its complex, interrelated disorders with your physician....more

Every hour of every day, a baby is born and can easily be identified as a boy or girl. But how distressing it must be when suddenly the birth attendants are unable to say whether the baby is a boy or a girl? This rare situation is usually unanticipated, and can be a difficult experience for all concerned. What causes this condition? What can be done? The following information has been developed to answer questions about ambiguous genitalia.

I have been told my baby has ambiguous genitalia and may have a disorder of sexual development (DSD). What does this mean?
Under normal circumstances, sexual development entails three basic steps. The first is the establishment of genetic or chromosomal sex at fertilization. This then determines the development of an undifferentiated gonad into a testis or ovary. The subsequent development of the internal reproductive ducts and external genitalia is due to production of hormone by the developed gonad. Interference with this developmental process at any step can result in a disorder of sexual development (DSD).

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