Body composition, bone turnover, and bone mass in trans men during testosterone treatment: 1-year follow-up data from a prospective case-controlled study (ENIGI)

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-171

  Van Caenegem, E ^a,b   Wierckx, K ^a,b   Taes, Y ^a   Schreiner, T ^b,c   Vandewalle, S ^a   Toye, K ^a   Lapauw, B ^a   Kaufman, J M ^a   T'Sjoen, G ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence (ENIGI)   (Belgium)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; COLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 1 AMINOPROPEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE TURNOVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; FOLLOW UP; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GRIP STRENGTH; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOLUMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; BONE REMODELING; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922550532     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-14-0586     Document Type: Article

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