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Comment
. 2015 Jan;12(1):12-3.
doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2014.316. Epub 2014 Nov 18.

Paediatrics: Transgender medicine--long-term outcomes from 'the Dutch model'

Daniel E Shumer  1 , Norman P Spack  1
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Paediatrics: Transgender medicine--long-term outcomes from 'the Dutch model'

Daniel E Shumer et al. Nat Rev Urol. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

Medical intervention for transgender adolescents is a controversial issue but a recently published article describing long-term psychological outcomes using ‘the Dutch model’ of care should help to silence critics and reassure the growing number of clinicians treating this patient population.

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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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