Interpreting laboratory results in transgender patients on hormone therapy

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-162

  Roberts, Tiffany K ^a   Kraft, Colleen S ^a   French, Deborah ^b   Ji, Wuyang ^b   Wu, Alan H B ^b,c   Tangpricha, Vin ^a   Fantz, Corinne R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormone therapy; Reference range; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TRANSGENDERISM; YOUNG ADULT;

HORMONE THERAPY; REFERENCE RANGE; TRANSGENDER;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CREATININE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84893004371     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.10.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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