Transsexuals and competitive sports

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-429

  Gooren, Louis J G ^a   Bunck, Mathijs C M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; HEMOGLOBIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN THERAPY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPORTS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 7244255834     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1510425     Document Type: Review

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