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Gender Variant Children and Adolescents

The Epidemiology of Transsexualism in Iran

Masoud Ahmadzad-Asl MD Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatry Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
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Amir-Hossein Jalali MD Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatry Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
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Kaveh Alavi MD Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatry Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
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Morteza Naserbakht MD, MPH Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatry Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
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Mojgan Taban BA Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatry Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
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Khadijeh Mohseninia-Omrani BA Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatry Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
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Mehrdad Eftekhar MD Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatry Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
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Pages 83-93 | Published online: 04 Jan 2011

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