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International Journal of Transgenderism Volume 10, 2007 - Issue 2
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Clinical Characteristics, Psychiatric Comorbidities and Sociodemographic Profile of Transsexual Patients from an Outpatient Clinic in Brazil

Maria Inês Lobato PhD Gender Identity Disorder/Transsexualism Program (PROTIG), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Walter José Koff PhD Gender Identity Disorder/Transsexualism Program (PROTIG), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Sidnei Samuel Schestatsky MD Gender Identity Disorder/Transsexualism Program (PROTIG), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Camila Pedrollo de Vasconcellos Chaves MD UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Analídia Petry MSc Gender Identity Disorder/Transsexualism Program (PROTIG), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Tiago Crestana MD Gender Identity Disorder/Transsexualism Program (PROTIG), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Juliana Trindade Amaral UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Fernanda de Quadros Onófrio UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Jaqueline Salvador Medical School, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Esalba Silveira PhD Gender Identity Disorder/Transsexualism Program (PROTIG), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Alexandre Annes Henriques MD Gender Identity Disorder/Transsexualism Program (PROTIG), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Pages 69-77 | Published online: 16 Oct 2008

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