Hypoactive sexual desire in transsexual women: Prevalence and association with testosterone levels

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-399

  Elaut, Els ^a   De Cuypere, Griet ^a   De Sutter, Petra ^a   Gijs, Luk ^b   Van Trotsenburg, Michael ^b   Heylens, Gunter ^a   Kaufman, Jean Marc ^a   Rubens, Robert ^a   T'Sjoen, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER; LIBIDO DISORDER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION; PREVALENCE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 40949121884     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-07-0511     Document Type: Article

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