Hormonal Management of the Female-to-Male Transgender Patient

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-302

  Steinle, Kate ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female to male health care; Testosterone treatment; Transgender health care; Transman health care; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; TESTOSTERONE ESTER; TESTOSTERONE PHENYLPROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ACNE; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANDROGEN THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFERTILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIBIDO; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SODIUM RETENTION; WATER RETENTION;

ANDROGENS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 79955516266     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00037.x     Document Type: Review

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