When genotype prevails: sexual female-to-male transformation in classical antiquity, recorded by Gaius Plinius Secundus and Phlegon.

نویسندگان

  • Anastasia K Armeni
  • Vasiliki Vasileiou
  • Neoklis A Georgopoulos
چکیده

Cases of sexual reassignment in classical antiquity, namely a female-to-male gender change occurring after childhood, are described in the literature. Textual evidence concerning these cases of androgynism and their symbolism as well as a comprehensive scholar analysis is provided in the present study. Μedical interpretation of these cases covers the entire spectrum of differential diagnosis of heterosexual puberty in pseudohermaphrodites characterized by genital ambiguity.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Hormones

دوره 13 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014