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Introduction: Gender Dysphoria and Gender Change in Persons with Intersexuality

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  1. New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York

    Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg Dr. rer. nat.

  2. Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15, New York, New York, 10032

    Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg Dr. rer. nat.

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Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L. Introduction: Gender Dysphoria and Gender Change in Persons with Intersexuality. Arch Sex Behav 34, 371–373 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-005-4335-8

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