Understanding gender variance in children and adolescents

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Simons, Lisa K ^a,b   Leibowitz, Scott F ^a,b   Hidalgo, Marco A ^a  

^a Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSGENDERISM; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENDER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902797599     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: 19382359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20140522-07     Document Type: Article

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