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Volume 28, 2016 - Issue 1: Gender Dysphoria and Gender Incongruence
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Review Article

Gender dysphoria in childhood

Jiska Ristori Department of Experimental, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Correspondencejiskaristori@libero.it
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Thomas D. Steensma Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; ; Centre of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Pages 13-20
Received 26 Oct 2015
Accepted 27 Oct 2015
Published online: 12 Jan 2016

Review Article

Gender dysphoria in childhood

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