Circulating nitric oxide levels increase after anti-androgen treatment in male-to-female transsexuals

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 522-526

  Valenti, S ^a   Fazzuoli, L ^a   Giusti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti androgen; Flutamide; Male to female transsexual; Nitric oxide; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTIANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0041524011     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345214     Document Type: Article

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