Advances in the Care of Transgender Children and Adolescents

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-102

  Shumer, Daniel E ^a   Nokoff, Natalie J ^b   Spack, Norman P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity; Transgender

Indexed keywords

HORMONE ANTAGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOMENCLATURE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEX REASSIGNMENT; TRANSGENDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREJUDICE; PUBERTY; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84971654859     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2016.04.018     Document Type: Review

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