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Pelvic pain in transmasculine adolescents receiving testosterone therapy

Dehlia Moussaouia Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Charlotte V. Eldera Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia;b Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2390-5593View further author information
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Michele A. O’Connellc Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4003-956XView further author information
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Ashleigh Mcleanc Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5065-8113View further author information
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Sonia R. Grovera Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia;b Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;d Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5183-2892View further author information
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Ken C. Pangb Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;d Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia;e Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-775XView further author information
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