Psychiatry Research
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 151-160 , 15 December 2005

Transsexual subtypes: Clinical and theoretical significance

  • Yolanda L.S. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Stephanie H.M. van Goozen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
    • ,
  • A.J. Kuiper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Helen Dowling Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 4442550; fax: +31 20 4443077.

Received 9 October 2003 ,Revised 6 June 2004 ,Accepted 20 January 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.01.008

Psychiatry Research
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 151-160 , 15 December 2005

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