Long-term follow-up of transsexual persons undergoing sex reassignment surgery: Cohort study in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Dhejne, Cecilia ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Boman, Marcus ^a   Johansson, Anna L V ^a   Långström, Niklas ^a   Landén, Mikael ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FOLLOW UP; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MENTAL PATIENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; EVALUATION; REGISTER; SEX REASSIGNMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 79952053511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016885     Document Type: Article

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