Transsexualism in Serbia: A twenty-year follow-up study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1018-1023

  Vujovic, Svetlana ^a   Popovic, Srdjan ^b   Sbutega Milosevic, Gorica ^c   Djordjevic, Miroslav ^d   Gooren, Louis ^e  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Hygiene and Medical Ecology   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Sex ratio; Trans sexual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FOLLOW UP; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERBIA; SEX RATIO; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 63849268667     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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