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True hermaphroditism
Other namesDiseasesDB = 29664
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This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner
SpecialtyObstetrics and gynaecology, endocrinology 

True hermaphroditism, clinically known as ovotesticular disorder of sex development, is a medical term for an intersex condition in which an individual is born with ovarian and testicular tissue. More commonly one or both gonads is an ovotestis containing both types of tissue.

Although similar in some ways to mixed gonadal dysgenesis, the conditions can be distinguished histologically.

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