A European network for the investigation of gender incongruence: The ENIGI initiative

European Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 445-450

  Kreukels, B P C ^a   Haraldsen, I R ^b   De Cuypere, G ^c   Richter Appelt, H ^d   Gijs, L ^a   Cohen Kettenis, P T ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Gender incongruence; Transgenderism; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER INCONGRUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84861587126     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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