Bone Mass, Bone Geometry, and Body Composition in Female-to-Male Transsexual Persons after Long-Term Cross-Sex Hormonal Therapy | Zendy

Eva Van Caenegem | Zendy; Katrien Wierckx | Zendy; Youri Taes | Zendy; David Dedecker | Zendy; Fleur Van de Peer | Zendy; Kaatje Toye | Zendy; JeanMarc Kaufman | Zendy; Guy T’Sjoen | Zendy

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Bone Mass, Bone Geometry, and Body Composition in Female-to-Male Transsexual Persons after Long-Term Cross-Sex Hormonal Therapy

Author(s) -

Eva Van Caenegem,

Katrien Wierckx,

Youri Taes,

David Dedecker,

Fleur Van de Peer,

Kaatje Toye,

JeanMarc Kaufman,

Guy T’Sjoen

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-1187

Subject(s) - transsexual , medicine , testosterone (patch) , lean body mass , quantitative computed tomography , dual energy x ray absorptiometry , bone mineral , bone density , sex hormone binding globulin , cortical bone , endocrinology , hormone , osteoporosis , psychology , anatomy , androgen , transgender , body weight , psychoanalysis

Female-to-male transsexual persons (transsexual men) undergo extreme hormonal changes due to ovariectomy and testosterone substitution, allowing studies on sex steroid effects on bone geometry and physiology in the adult.

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