Psychosexual development in adolescents and adults with disorders of sex development-results from the german clinical evaluation study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2703-2714

  Jürgensen, Martina ^a   Kleinemeier, Eva ^a   Lux, Anke ^b   Steensma, Thomas D ^c   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^c   Hiort, Olaf ^a   Thyen, Ute ^a   Köhler, Birgit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgens; Disorders of Sex Development; Gender Identity; Psychosexual Development

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LOVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE OF GENDER IDENTITY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; UTRECHT GENDER DYSPHORIA SCALE; XX MALE;

ANDROGENS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887084974     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02751.x     Document Type: Article

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