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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision [DSM-IV-TR], defines gender identity disorder (GID) as a “strong and persistent cross-gender identification and a patient’s persistent discomfort with his or her sex and sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex.” The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has five criteria that must be met before a diagnosis of gender identity disorder can be given:
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Imbimbo, C., Arcaniolo, D. (2015). Male-to-Female Transsexualism. In: Mirone, V. (eds) Clinical Uro-Andrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45018-5_2
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