Reply: Terminology in Transgender Patient Care

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¹ Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Munich Technical University, Munich, Germany, and Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Alexandroupoli University Hospital Democritus University, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
² Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Munich Technical University, Munich, Germany, and Institute for Reconstructive Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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Nikolaos A Papadopulos et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;141(2):318e-319e.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004056.

¹ Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Munich Technical University, Munich, Germany, and Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Alexandroupoli University Hospital Democritus University, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
² Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Munich Technical University, Munich, Germany, and Institute for Reconstructive Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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Terminology in Transgender Patient Care.
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