Reproductive wish in transsexual men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 483-487

  Wierckx, Katrien ^a   Van Caenegem, Eva ^a   Pennings, Guido ^b   Elaut, Els ^a   Dedecker, David ^a   Van De Peer, Fleur ^a   Weyers, Steven ^a   De Sutter, Petra ^a   T'Sjoen, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

gamete preservation; gender identity disorder; reproductive wish; transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GERM CELL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SPERM DONOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84855867408     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der406     Document Type: Article

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