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Authors and Affiliations

  1. ASL 1 Piedmont Region (ONIG Past President), Turin, Italy

    A. Godano

  2. Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    M. Maggi

  3. School of Sexology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    E. Jannini

  4. Center for reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    M. C. Meriggiola

  5. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    E. Ghigo & C. Manieri MD

  6. Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Bari (ONIG President), Bari, Italy

    O. Todarello

  7. Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Rome, Rome (SIAMS President), Italy

    A. Lenzi

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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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