Voice in female-to-male transsexual persons after long-term androgen therapy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1409-1414

  Cosyns, Marjan ^b   Van Borsel, John ^a,b   Wierckx, Katrien ^b   Dedecker, David ^b   Van De Peer, Fleur ^b   Daelman, Tine ^b   Laenen, Sofie ^b   T'Sjoen, Guy ^b  

^a VEIGA DE ALMEIDA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

female to male; hormonal factors; Transsexualism; voice

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE DECANOATE; TESTOSTERONE ESTER; TESTOSTERONE ISOCAPROATE; TESTOSTERONE PHENYLPROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; CAG REPEAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HEMATOCRIT; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SMOKING; VOICE; VOICE CHANGE; VOWEL;

FEMALE-TO-MALE; HORMONAL FACTORS; TRANSSEXUALISM; VOICE;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901652817     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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