Evidence for an altered sex ratio in clinic-referred adolescents with gender dysphoria

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 756-763

  Aitken, Madison ^a   Steensma, Thomas D ^b   Blanchard, Ray ^c   Vanderlaan, Doug P ^a   Wood, Hayley ^a   Fuentes, Amanda ^a   Spegg, Cathy ^a   Wasserman, Lori ^a   Ames, Megan ^a   Fitzsimmons, C Lindsay ^a   Leef, Jonathan H ^a   Lishak, Victoria ^a   Reim, Elyse ^a   Takagi, Anna ^a   Vinik, Julia ^a   Wreford, Julia ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^b   de Vries, Annelou L C ^b   Kreukels, Baudewijntje P C ^b   Zucker, Kenneth J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DSM-III; DSM-III-R; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; TRANSSEXUALISM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENDER; TRENDS;

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX RATIO; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84924056412     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12817     Document Type: Article

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