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The prevalence of gender dysphoria in Scotland: a primary care study

P Wilson1, C Sharp, S Carr

  • 1Department of General Practice, University of Glasgow. p.wilson@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
|May 29, 2000
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