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A Female Monozygotic Twin Pair Discordant for Transsexualism

Some Theoretical Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

G. M. F. Garden  and
D. J. Rothery
G. M. F. Garden
Affiliation:
Kidderminster General Hospital
D. J. Rothery*
Affiliation:
Adolescent Unit, Hollymoor Hospital, Birmingham
*
∗Adolescent Unit, Hollymoor Hospital, Tessall Lane, Northfield, Birmingham B31 5EX
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Abstract

A 13-year-old girl was referred because of sexual identity problems. There was no mental illness or neurological abnormalities. As her twin sister had no sexual identity problems, it appears that transsexualism is not transmitted by a simple genetic mechanism.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 6 , December 1992 , pp. 852 - 854
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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