Psychological and medical care of gender nonconforming youth

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1184-1192

  Vance, Stanley R ^a   Ehrensaft, Diane ^a   Rosenthal, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmed gender; Cross sex hormones; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity; Gender nonconforming; Gender affirming surgery; Pubertal suppression; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROLYSIS; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL FEMINIZATION SURGERY; GENDER; GENDER DEVELOPMENT; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER NONCONFORMING; GONADECTOMY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PENIS AMPUTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; VAGINECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COOPERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEX REASSIGNMENT; TRANSGENDER; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBERTY; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84913594732     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0772     Document Type: Article

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