Mistaken gender identity in non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Indian J Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, GB Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.

Published: April 2014

Gender identity is the sense of belonging that one feels for a particular sex psychologically and socially, independent of one's biological sex. There is much less systematic data on gender identity in females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). We report a case of non-classical CAH presenting as a case of gender identity disorder.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.130504DOI Listing

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