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ArticleTransgender health2022

Puberty Suppression in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adolescents: Timely Care for Optimal Outcomes.

David A Klein, Jason R Rafferty, Natasha A Schvey

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Article in Transgender health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David A KleinDepartment of Family Medicine and Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Jason R RaffertyDepartment of Child and Family Psychiatry, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Natasha A SchveyDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this perspective, we argue that pubertal suppression with gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues is a safe reversible intervention that should be made available to transgender and gender-diverse youth starting at early puberty. Recent data suggest puberty suppression is generally initiated among individuals once puberty has significantly progressed, thus reducing the effectiveness of the intervention. Delays and barriers to such care may systematically introduce permanent avoidable disadvantages for this vulnerable and marginalized group.

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adolescentgender-affirminggender dysphoriapuberty suppressiontransgender

Identifiers

PMID36643064
PMCPMC9829148

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