Contribution of androgen receptor sensitivity to the relation between testosterone and sexual desire: An exploration in male-to-female transsexuals

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-41

  Elaut, E ^a,b   Bogaert, V ^a   De Cuypere, G ^a   Weyers, S ^a   Gijs, L ^c   Kaufman, J M ^a   T'Sjoen, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor sensitivity; Male to female transsexuals; Sexual desire; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOSINE; DNA FRAGMENT; GUANINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 77950527557     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/6441     Document Type: Article

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