Venous and arterial thrombo-embolic complications of hormonal treatment in a male-to-female transgender patient

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 714-716

  Mullins, G M ^a   O'Sullivan, S S ^a   Kinsella, J ^b   McEnroy, D ^b   Crimmins, D ^b   Whyte, S ^b   Sturm, J W ^b  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Exogenous oestrogens; Gender dysphoria; Transgenderism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FINASTERIDE; HEPARIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSSEXUALISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 43049110226     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.02.092     Document Type: Article

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