Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Male-to-Female Transsexuals: Short Terms Results and Proposal of a New Questionnaire.

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; and Division of Urology, Department of Surgical Sciences, Molinette Hospital, University of Studies of Turin, Torino, Italy.

Published: March 2016

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