Gender identity disorders: Diagnostic and surgical aspects (CME)

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1193-1208

  Sohn, Michael ^a   Bosinski, Hartmut A G ^b  

^a AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender Identity Disorders; Genital Reassignment; Phalloplasty; Vaginoplasty

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GYNECOLOGY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; OCCUPATION; OVARIECTOMY; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROLOGY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 34548335117     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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