The biology of human psychosexual differentiation

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 589-601

  Gooren, Louis ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; Homosexuality; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ANDROGENS; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33748123255     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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