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Occurrence of phantom genitalia after gender reassignment surgery.
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It is predicted that male-to-female transsexuals will be much less likely to experience a phantom penis than a "normal" man who has had his penis amputated for another reason, and that the same will be true of female- to-male transsexuals who have had breast removal surgery.About:
This article is published in Medical Hypotheses.The article was published on 2007-01-01. It has received 51 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Phantom limb & Gender reassignment surgery.read more
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The Paradoxical Brain
TL;DR: The Paradoxical Brain Edited by Narinder Kapur as discussed by the authors, 2011. 488 pp. Cambridge University Press. £65.00 (hb). ISBN: 978052111557575
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Clinical implications of a close vicinity of nervus dorsalis penis/clitoridis and os pubis.
TL;DR: Clinical anatomy of sulci is important in several situations in urologic surgery and it is possible to use sulcus nervi dorsalis penis/clitoridis for sexing of isolated pubis for anthropological or forensic purposes.
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Alternating gender incongruity: a new neuropsychiatric syndrome providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex.
TL;DR: Descriptive data is presented suggesting that many bigender individuals experience an involuntary switching of gender states without any amnesia for either state, and a novel gender condition, "alternating gender incongruity" (AGI), is proposed.
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“Imprisoned” in pain: analyzing personal experiences of phantom pain
Finn Nortvedt,Gunn Engelsrud +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that these sensitive and personalized experiences of phantom pain illuminates how acts of expression—spoken pain—constitute a fundamental dimension of a first-person perspective which contribute to the field of knowledge about “phantom pain”.
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Considerations in genetic counseling of transgender patients: Cultural competencies and altered disease risk profiles.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of current best practices for culturally sensitive working with transgender patients, and an introduction to the additional considerations for assessment of disease risk in transgender people.
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Synaesthesia in Phantom Limbs Induced with Mirrors
TL;DR: In this paper, a virtual reality box is used to simulate the feeling of a real arm being touched by a real hand in order to study the inter-sensory effects of visual input on the phantom.
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The perception of phantom limbs. The D. O. Hebb lecture.
TL;DR: It is suggested that patients with phantom limbs provide a valuable opportunity not only for exploring neural plasticity in the adult human brain but also for understanding the relationship between the activity of sensory neurons and conscious experience.
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