Typical female 2nd-4th finger length (2D:4D) ratios in male-to-female transsexuals - Possible implications for prenatal androgen exposure

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-269

  Schneider, Harald J ^a   Pickel, Johanna ^a   Stalla, Günter K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratio; Development; Gender identity; Hormones; Testosterone; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 28444452639     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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