A man's brain in an ambiguous body: A case of mistaken gender identity

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1499-1505

  Bostwick, J Michael ^a   Martin, Kari A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS; CASTRATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; LESBIAN; METHODOLOGY; MOSAICISM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASTRATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 35748938778     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07040587     Document Type: Article

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