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Iris J de Brouwer1, Merel Suijkerbuijk2, Tim C van de Grift2

  • 1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center (location VUmc), Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam University Medical Center (location VUmc), Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Public Health Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
|September 10, 2022
PubMed
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Keywords:
AdolescenceBiopsychosocial contextDifferences of sex developmentIntersexMilestonesSexual developmentSexual well-being

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