Gender identity disorder: Treatment and post-transition care in transsexual adults

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-150

  Jain, A ^a   Bradbeer, Caroline ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender identity disorder; Sex reassignment surgery; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FISTULA; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENITAL PAIN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PENIS AMPUTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STENOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSSEXUALISM; URETHRA STENOSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE; ADULT; GENDER IDENTITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 34547595662     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207780132488     Document Type: Review

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