Transsexualism: Treatment Outcome of Compliant and Noncompliant Patients

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Pimenoff, Veronica ^a   Pfäfflin, Friedemann ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

legal sex reassignment; sex reassignment surgery; transsexualism; treatment compliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857155922     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2011.618399     Document Type: Article

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