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This work is part of the Research Training Grant Programme from the Agency for Research Promotion and Management-DEIKER, at the University of Deusto. Likewise, this research has been made possible by the support of the Department of Education, Universities and Research of the Basque Government for supporting activities of research groups of the Basque university system with reference IT581-13.
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Atienza-Macías, E. Some Legal Thoughts on Transsexuality in the Healthcare System After the New Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Sexuality & Culture 19, 574–576 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-015-9271-8
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