Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

• Published in: Endocrine practice Vol. 102; no. 11; pp. 3869 - 3903
• Main Authors: Hembree, Wylie C, Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T, Gooren, Louis, Hannema, Sabine E, Meyer, Walter J, Murad, M Hassan, Rosenthal, Stephen M, Safer, Joshua D, Tangpricha, Vin, T’Sjoen, Guy G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Endocrine Society 01.11.2017; Copyright Oxford University Press; Elsevier Limited; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Cancer; Clinical medicine; Clinical practice guidelines; Cognitive ability; Collaboration; Committees; Complications; Criteria; Endocrinology; Endocrinology - methods; Endocrinology - organization & administration; Endocrinology - standards; Evidence-Based Medicine; Female; Females; Gays & lesbians; Gender; Gender Dysphoria - therapy; Gonadotropin-releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Gonads; Health risks; Hormones; Humans; Long-Term Care - standards; Male; Males; Medical personnel; Mental disorders; Mental health; Pediatrics; Physical characteristics; Pituitary (anterior); Primary care; Professionals; Psychopathology; Puberty; Risk factors; Secretion; Societies, Medical; Steroid hormones; Steroids; Surgery; Task forces; Teenagers; Transgender Persons; Transsexualism - therapy; Young Adult

Abstract Objective To update the “Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” published by the Endocrine Society in 2009. Participants The participants include an Endocrine Society–appointed task force of nine experts, a methodologist, and a medical...