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Descriptor English:   Transsexualism 
Descriptor Spanish:   Transexualismo 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Transexualismo 
Tree Number:   F03.835.800
Definition English:   Severe gender dysphoria, coupled with a persistent desire for the physical characteristics and social roles that connote the opposite biological sex. (APA, DSM-IV, 1994) 
Indexing Annotation English:   index both MALE and FEMALE check tags
See Related English:   Sex Reassignment Procedures
Sex Reassignment Surgery
Transgender Persons
 
History Note English:   68 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
US ultrasonography UR urine
VI virology  
Record Number:   14582 
Unique Identifier:   D014189 

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