Age of onset and sexual orientation in transsexual males and females

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 783-791

  Nieder, Timo O ^a   Herff, Melanie ^a   Cerwenka, Susanne ^a   Preuss, Wilhelm F ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^b   De Cuypere, Griet ^c   Hebold Haraldsen, Ira R ^d   Richter Appelt, Hertha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early Onset; Gender Identity Disorders; Late Onset; Onset Age; Sexual Orientation; Transsexual Development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 79951981209     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02142.x     Document Type: Article

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