Should disorders of sex development be an exclusion criterion for gender identity disorder in DSM 5?

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-99

  Richter Appelt, Hertha ^a   Sandberg, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorders of sex development (DSD); DSM 5; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder (GID); Intersexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956924075     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2010.515181     Document Type: Article

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