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. 2022 Feb;51(2):685-690.
doi: 10.1007/s10508-022-02287-7. Epub 2022 Jan 18.

Suicide by Clinic-Referred Transgender Adolescents in the United Kingdom

Michael Biggs  1
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Suicide by Clinic-Referred Transgender Adolescents in the United Kingdom

Michael Biggs. Arch Sex Behav. 2022 Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

I acted as an expert witness (without payment) for the claimant in the case of Bell v Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3274.

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