Endocrine Abstracts

This study aimed to identify variables involved in gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as to evaluate the professional and psychosocial aspects and quality of life in adulthood of a large cohort of patients with 46,XY and 46,XX DSD followed by a multidisciplinary team in a tertiary public hospital in Brazil. The study was mainly retrospective and comprised 151 DSD patients; 55 patients had 46,XX and 96 had 46,XY karyotypes. Etiological diagnosis of DSD was establis...

Berenice B Mendonca, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil AbstractBerenice B Mendonca received her M.D in 1973 from Faculdade de Medicina do Triangulo Mineiro, Brazil. In 1984, Prof Mendonca completed her research fellowship in Endocrinology at the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, where she developed the whole of her scientific achievements.During the course of her career, Prof Mendonca ha...