In recent years, the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues in adolescents with gender dysphoria (GD) to suppress puberty has been adopted by an increasing number of gender clinics, generating controversial debate. This short essay provides an overview of the difficulties associated with this heterogeneous group of adolescents and discusses arguments for and against the suspension of puberty. Further, it reviews the main follow-up studies conducted in some of the world's largest clinical centres for gender-variant children and adolescents.
Buying time or arresting development? The dilemma of administering hormone blockers in trans children and adolescents / Giovanardi, Guido. - In: PORTO BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 2444-8664. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:2(2017), pp. 153-156. [10.1016/j.pbj.2017.06.001]
Buying time or arresting development? The dilemma of administering hormone blockers in trans children and adolescents
GIOVANARDI, GUIDO
2017
Abstract
In recent years, the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues in adolescents with gender dysphoria (GD) to suppress puberty has been adopted by an increasing number of gender clinics, generating controversial debate. This short essay provides an overview of the difficulties associated with this heterogeneous group of adolescents and discusses arguments for and against the suspension of puberty. Further, it reviews the main follow-up studies conducted in some of the world's largest clinical centres for gender-variant children and adolescents.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Giovanardi_Buying_2017.pdf
accesso aperto
Tipologia:
Versione editoriale (versione pubblicata con il layout dell'editore)
Licenza:
Creative commons
Dimensione
167.63 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
167.63 kB | Adobe PDF |
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
