Ovotesticular Disorder of Sex DevelopmentNational Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
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General DiscussionOvotesticular disorder of sex development (ovotesticular DSD) is a very rare disorder in which an infant is born with the internal reproductive organs (gonads) of both sexes (female ovaries and male testes). The gonads can be any combination of ovary, testes or combined ovary and testes (ovotestes). The external genitalia are usually ambiguous but can range from normal male to normal female. Supporting OrganizationsAIS-DSD Support Group
Accord Alliance
Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
MAGIC Foundation
March of Dimes
For a Complete ReportThis is an abstract of a report from the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). For a full-text version of this report, go to www.rarediseases.org and click on Rare Disease Database under "Rare Disease Information".
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