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Transsexualism A Selective Review

Authors: EMBRY A. McKEE MD

Abstract

ABSTRACT:Progress in evaluating and treating the patient who seeks a change of sex is reviewed. The causes of ranssexualism and the clinical differentiation of transexualism, transvestism, and homosexuality are discussed. Criteria for selecting candidates for sex reassignment surgery are given, and preliminary results of work at Vanderbilt University are reported.

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