Eggs at Twelve: How Girls Become Boys and the Discovery of Finasteride

March 2009 in “ The Journal of Urology ”

Steven B. Brandes

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Studysummary This article discusses historical aspects of gender development, particularly related to the discovery of finasteride, and reports no new clinical results.

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