A prospective study on sexual function and mood in female-to-male transsexuals during testosterone administration and after sex reassignment surgery

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-335

  Costantino, Antonietta ^a   Cerpolini, Silvia ^a   Alvisi, Stefania ^a   Morselli, Paolo Giovanni ^b   Venturoli, Stefano ^a   Meriggiola, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX REASSIGNMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876114909     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2012.736920     Document Type: Article

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