Puberty suppression in a gender-dysphoric adolescent: A 22-year follow-up

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 843-847

  Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^a   Schagen, Sebastiaan E E ^b   Steensma, Thomas D ^a   De Vries, Annelou L C ^a   Delemarre Van De Waal, Henriette A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Hormone treatment; Puberty suppression; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SEX REASSIGNMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUBERTY; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959534704     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9758-9     Document Type: Article

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