Monozygotic twins concordant for female-to-male transsexualism: A case report [3]

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-137

  Knoblauch, Hans ^a   Busjahn, Andreas ^b   Wegener, Bernhard ^a  

^a VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

^b HealthTwist GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GENDER IDENTITY; GERMANY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENARCHE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RURAL AREA; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34247644516     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9156-x     Document Type: Letter

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