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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1985; 86(4): 1-6
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210466
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Sex-Specific Gonadotrophin Secretion, Sexual Orientation and Gender Role Behaviour 1)

G. Dörner
  • Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Humboldt University Medical School (Charité), Berlin/GDR
1) Presented in part at the XV International Congress of the International Society of Psychoendocrinology, Vienna, 15—19 July, 1984.
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1984

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16 July 2009 (online)

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Several experimental and clinical findings suggest that different sex hormones (osstrogens and/or androgens) are responsible for sex-specific brain differentiation of gonadotrophin secretion, sexual orientation and gender role behaviour.

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Sexual differentiation - Sex-specific gonadotrophin secretion - Sexual orientation - Gender-role behaviour