Cross-sex hormone administration changes pain in transsexual women and men

@article{Aloisi2007CrosssexHA,
  title={Cross-sex hormone administration changes pain in transsexual women and men},
  author={Anna Maria Aloisi and Valeria Bachiocco and Antonietta Costantino and Rita Stefani and Ilaria Ceccarelli and Alessandro Bertaccini and Maria Cristina Meriggiola},
  journal={PAIN},
  year={2007},
  volume={132},
  pages={S60-S67}
}
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