Sexual desire in female-to-male transsexual persons: Exploration of the role of testosterone administration

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-337

  Wierckx, Katrien ^a   Elaut, Els ^a   Van Caenegem, Eva ^a   Van De Peer, Fleur ^a   Dedecker, David ^a   Van Houdenhove, Ellen ^a   T'Sjoen, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ESTER; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; HORMONE; ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MASTURBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEXUAL DESIRE INVENTORY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM; VALIDATION STUDY; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPERSEXUALITY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960174036     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0250     Document Type: Article

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