Twenty years of endocrinologic treatment in transsexualism: Analyzing the role of chromosomal analysis and hormonal profiling in the diagnostic work-up

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1103-1110

  Auer, Matthias K ^a   Fuss, Johannes ^b   Stalla, Guenter K ^a   Athanasoulia, Anastasia P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

hormones; karyotype; menstrual cycle; puberty; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 47,XXX; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; TRANSSEXUALISM;

HORMONES; KARYOTYPE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PUBERTY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HAIR; HORMONES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884907557     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.05.047     Document Type: Article

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