Sexual and physical health after sex reassignment surgery

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 679-690

  De Cuypere, Griet ^a   T'Sjoen, Guy ^a   Beerten, Ruth ^a,b   Selvaggi, Gennaro ^a   De Sutter, Petra ^a   Hoebeke, Piet ^a   Monstrey, Stan ^a   Vansteenwegen, Alfons ^b   Rubens, Robert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gender identity disorder; Orgasm; Sex reassignment surgery; Sexual functioning; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; MORBIDITY; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; PROSTHESIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSEXUALISM; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; COITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTURBATION; ORGASM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 29144519245     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-7926-5     Document Type: Article

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