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Disforia di genere: aspetti storici di un complexus psiconeuroendocrino

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  1. Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia (DIMEC), Università di Parma, Parma, Italia

    Roberto Toni

  2. Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna, Bologna, Italia

    Roberto Toni

  3. Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

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  4. Unità OSTEONET, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Metabolismo e Disturbi della Nutrizione, Centro Medico Galliera, DIMEC, San Venanzio di Galliera (BO), Italia

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  5. Istituto di Psichiatria “P. Ottonello”, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italia

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Toni, R., Scudellari, P. Disforia di genere: aspetti storici di un complexus psiconeuroendocrino. L'Endocrinologo 24, 301–310 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40619-023-01273-y

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