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Effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy on insulin resistance and body composition in transgender individuals: A systematic review

BACKGROUND: Transgender individuals receiving masculinising or feminising gender-affirming hormone therapy with testosterone or estradiol respectively, are at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, including myocardial infarction and stroke. This may be related to the effects of testoste...

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Autores principales: Spanos, Cassandra, Bretherton, Ingrid, Zajac, Jeffrey D, Cheung, Ada S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32180895
http://dx.doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v11.i3.66