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SIAMS: Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità (Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine); ONIG: Osservatorio Nazionale sull’Identità di Genere (National Observatory of Gender Identity).
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Godano, A., Maggi, M., Jannini, E. et al. SIAMS-ONIG Consensus on hormonal treatment in gender identity disorders. J Endocrinol Invest 32, 857–864 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03345758
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