Factors associated with desistence and persistence of childhood gender dysphoria: a quantitative follow-up study.

@article{Steensma2013FactorsAW,
  title={Factors associated with desistence and persistence of childhood gender dysphoria: a quantitative follow-up study.},
  author={Thomas D. Steensma and Jenifer K. McGuire and Baudewijntje P. C. Kreukels and Anneke J. Beekman and Peggy T Cohen-Kettenis},
  journal={Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry},
  year={2013},
  volume={52 6},
  pages={
          582-90
        }
}
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