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Sexual behaviour is independent of H-Y antigen constitution

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The H-Y antigen status was determined in nine transsexual patients. Our results indicate that sexual behaviour is independent of H-Y antigen constitution, in fact all male-to-female transsexual patients typed as H-Y antigen positive, and the female-to-male transsexual patients were H-Y antigen negative.

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  1. Istituto di Genetica, Università, Via Amendola, 165/A, I-70125, Bari, Italy

    Salvatrice Ciccarese, Serafina Massari & Ginevra Guanti

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Ciccarese, S., Massari, S. & Guanti, G. Sexual behaviour is independent of H-Y antigen constitution. Hum Genet 60, 371–372 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00569222

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