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This does a decent job of bringing together some of the more recent discoveries, like that ovaries/testes have to be maintained or they can cross convert. It does note that the term "DSD" is becoming more fuzzy and problematic, though only after using it
scientificamerican.com/article/sex-re…
scientificamerican.com/article/sex-re…
It also mentions "non-classical CAH," which rarely gets mentioned. Similar to the late onset androgen insensitivity I recently mentioned in the big thread, this can be "invisible" in terms of physical phenotype but affects a lot of other systems, as well as showing the continuum
It's super important to talk about the less obvious parts of the spectrum, as they are often ignored during treatment, which can result in dangerous things like suicidal depression and other major complications.
