Nonlinear gauge transformation for a class of Schrodinger equations containing complex nonlinearities

We consider a wide class of nonlinear canonical quantum systems described b y a one-particle Schrodinger equation containing a complex nonlinearity. We introduce a nonlinear unitary transformation which permits us to linearize the continuity equation. In this way we are able to obtain a new quantum s ystem obeying a nonlinear Schrodinger equation with a real nonlinearity. As an application of this theory we consider a few already studied Schrodinge r equations, such as that containing the nonlinearity introduced by the exc lusion-inclusion principle, the Doebner-Goldin equation and other ones.