Which of the Following Is NOT Currently Recommended for the Treatment

question 178

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT currently recommended for the treatment of intersexed individuals?

• A) avoid surgery that might lead to feelings of mutilation
• B) avoid surgery that might lead to a reduction of sexual excitation
• C) wait until the individual is an adult and can choose treatment
• D) take whatever measures are necessary to avoid the development of a male identity

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Definitions:

Initiation

First stage of translation in which the translational machinery binds an mRNA and assembles.

Elongation

Middle stage of translation in which additional amino acids specified by the mRNA are added to the growing polypeptide.

Termination

End of translation that occurs when a ribosome reaches a stop codon on the mRNA that it is translating, causing release of the completed protein.

Translation

The process in which cellular ribosomes create proteins, decoding the information contained in messenger RNA.