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A gender identity questionnaire (GIQ) was used for the evaluation of gender happiness index.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Girls with CAH had a higher CV (p\u2009=\u20090.002) and MT (p\u2009=\u20090.003) than healthy girls. No significant difference was found between boys with CAH and healthy boys regarding the retinal thickness measurements. Mean CST, CV and MT were significantly higher in boys than in girls in the control group (p\u2009=\u20090.013, p\u2009<\u20090.001, respectively), but there was no significant difference in those parameters between girls and boys with CAH. The gender happiness index was not different between healthy boys and boys with CAH, but was significantly lower in girls with CAH than healthy girls (p\u2009=\u20090.01).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions<\/jats:title>As retina is part of the brain, our finding appears to be a morphological evidence of the excess androgen exposure on brain structures in girls with CAH. 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