Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment Surgery in Italy

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-36

  Caldarera, Angela ^a,b   Pfäfflin, Friedemann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender dysphoria; prevalence; sex reassignment surgery; transgenderism; transsexualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857160897     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2011.605341     Document Type: Article

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