Advances in the Care of Transgender Children and Adolescents.

@article{Shumer2016AdvancesIT,
  title={Advances in the Care of Transgender Children and Adolescents.},
  author={Daniel E. Shumer and Natalie J. Nokoff and Norman Spack},
  journal={Advances in pediatrics},
  year={2016},
  volume={63 1},
  pages={
          79-102
        }
}
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