Two monozygotic twin pairs discordant for female-to-male transsexualism

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-358

  Segal, Nancy L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender identity disorder; Monozygotic; Transsexualism; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TRANSSEXUALISM; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33745958815     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9037-3     Document Type: Article

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