ESPE Abstracts

Background: Among individuals with DSD, some conditions are more prone to develop distress about ones assigned gender (gender dysphoria; GD) than others. For instance, the percentage of gender change and GD in female-raised persons with testosterone synthesis deficiencies is around 50%, whereas GD hardly seems to occur in complete androgen deficiency syndrome. Unfortunately in many studies information on GD and gender role changes often cannot easily be determined and clinical...

Background: Gender dysphoria is characterised by an incongruency between the perceived gender identity and the biological sex. The cause of gender dysphoria is unclear and environmental as well as genetic factors may be important. It is well known that during sexual differentiation sex steroids control not only the differentiation of the internal and external genitalia but also the sexual differentiation of the brain. Structural as well as functional differences have been show...

DSD-LIFE is a comprehensive clinical outcome study investigating medical, surgical, psychosocial, and ethical issues to improve treatment and care of patients with the different diagnoses included in the umbrella term disorders/differences of sex development (DSD). The multidisciplinary DSD-LIFE consortium consists of 15 experienced European scientists in the areas endocrinology, psychology, surgery, gynaecology, urology, and ethics. In 2013 the study protocol and the online d...