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Terapia ormonale del transessualismo

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Il transessualismo è un disordine psico-sessuale, generalmente non associato ad anomalie somatiche o genetiche, per il quale un individuo biologicamente appartenente ad un sesso sceglie di vivere come appartenente al sesso opposto. Egli vuole essere tale sia sotto il profilo anatomico e fisiologico che sociale e professionale e ritiene i suoi rapporti omosessuali come normali rapporti eterosessuali. Esistono due tipi di transessuali che chiedono l’adeguamento al loro sesso psicologico. I transessuali maschi, con cariotipo 44A XY, che chiedono una femminilizzazione del loro fenotipo ed i transessuali femmine, con cariotipo 44A XX, che chiedono una mascolinizzazione del loro corpo.

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De Rosa, M., Colao, A. & Lombardi, G. Terapia ormonale del transessualismo. L’Endocrinologo 6, 26–35 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03344509

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