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Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L. Misrepresentation of Evidence Favoring Early Normalizing Surgery for Atypical Sex Anatomies: Response to Baratz and Feder (2015). Arch Sex Behav 44, 1765–1768 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0602-5
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