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. 2025 Apr 11:31:2381.
doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v31i0.2381. eCollection 2025.

A call for SASOP to review their position on the care of 'transgender and non-binary youth'

Allan Donkin  1 , Reitze Rodseth  1   2 , Janet Giddy  1
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A call for SASOP to review their position on the care of 'transgender and non-binary youth'

Allan Donkin et al. S Afr J Psychiatr. .
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