Low bone mass is prevalent in male-to-female transsexual persons before the start of cross-sex hormonal therapy and gonadectomy

Bone

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-97

  Van Caenegem, E ^a   Taes, Y ^a   Wierckx, K ^a   Vandewalle, S ^a   Toye, K ^a   Kaufman, J M ^a   Schreiner, T ^b   Haraldsen, I ^b   T'Sjoen, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone geometry; Osteoporosis; Transsexuals

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GONADECTOMY; GRIP STRENGTH; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIBIA; TRANSSEXUALISM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VOLUMETRY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BELGIUM; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; GONADS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84874367213     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.01.039     Document Type: Article

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