Long-term testosterone administration increases visceral fat in female to male transsexuals

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2044-2047

  Elbers, Jolanda M H ^a   Asscheman, Henk ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^b   Megens, Jos A J ^a   Gooren, Louis J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSSEXUALISM; VISCERA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0030752403     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.7.2044     Document Type: Article

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