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Children’s virilization and the use of a testosterone gel by their fathers

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We report severe virilization in three unrelated children by contact with their fathers, who had been using a testosterone lipogel.

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  1. Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, 15, av. J.J. Crocq, 1020, Brussels, Belgium

    Cécile Brachet

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    Cécile Brachet, Joëlle Vermeulen & Claudine Heinrichs

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Brachet, C., Vermeulen, J. & Heinrichs, C. Children’s virilization and the use of a testosterone gel by their fathers. Eur J Pediatr 164, 646–647 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-005-1714-z

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