Gender dysphoria - prevalence and co-morbidities in an Irish adult population

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Judge, Ciaran ^a   O'Donovan, Claire ^a   Callaghan, Grainne ^a   Gaoatswe, Gadintshware ^a   O'Shea, Donal ^a,b  

^a St Columcille s Hospital   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Gender reassignment surgery; Gonadectomy; Hormone therapy; Transgender

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FISTULA; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84905500029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00087     Document Type: Article

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