Bone mass, bone geometry, and body composition in female-to-male transsexual persons after long-term cross-sex hormonal therapy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2503-2511

  Van Caenegem, Eva ^a   Wierckx, K ^a   Taes, Y ^a   Dedecker, D ^a   Van De Peer, F ^a   Toye, K ^a   Kaufman, J M ^a   T'Sjoen, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE DECANOATE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE ISOCAPROATE; TESTOSTERONE PHENYLPROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG MIXTURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GRIP STRENGTH; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MUSCLE MASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIUS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VOLUMETRY; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863584982     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1187     Document Type: Article

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