Frontiers of Hormone Research

Research Hotspot & Journal Scope - Disorders

Hypospadias is the most common congenital malformation of the penis, and it is considered by some to be a mild form of 46XY disorders of sex development, affecting about 4-6 males per 1000 male births, and ranging in severity from a urethral meatus that is slightly off-center to a meatus in the perineal area due to incomplete closure of the penile structures during embryogenesis.

METHOD Direct support staff completed the SV, with speech and language therapists scoring a validated tool, the Dysphagia Disorders Survey (DDS), for 41 persons with SPIMD, aged ≥50 years.

SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Review Group's Haemoglobinopathies Trials Register, compiled from electronic database searches and handsearching of journals and conference abstract books.

This poses a challenge to providers faced with evaluation of patients with taste disorders, and may delay diagnosis and management.

Specifically, the rates for different disorders were articulation disorders: 40 percent; fluency disorders: 13 percent; voice disorders: 3.