Reversal of the sex difference in serum leptin levels upon cross-sex hormone administration in transsexuals

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3267-3270

  Elbers, Jolanda M H ^a   Asscheman, Henk ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^b   Frölich, Marijke ^c   Meinders, A Edo ^c   Gooren, Louis J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0030882985     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.10.3267     Document Type: Article

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