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Gender Dysphoria and Transgender Care in Mainland China

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  1. Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Cracovia, 50, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Hui Zhang, Elena Colonnello & Emmanuele A. Jannini

  2. Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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Zhang, H., Colonnello, E., Wang, F. et al. Gender Dysphoria and Transgender Care in Mainland China. Arch Sex Behav 52, 857–858 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02583-w

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