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ey0019.6-12 | Gender Incongruence: Growth and fertility in transgender girls | ESPEYB19

6.12. Trans girls grow tall: adult height is unaffected by GnRH analogue and estradiol treatment

LS Boogers , CM Wiepjes , DT Klink , I Hellinga , Trotsenburg ASP van , Heijer M den , SE Hannema

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jun 6:dgac349. PMID: 35666195, doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac349. Brief Summary: This paper reports the adult height of 161 transgender girls (registered male at birth) from the Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria. It finds no difference in adult height between use of standard and high estrogen doses. There is currently very little information on...

ey0020.4-12 | Changes to Growth Patterns | ESPEYB20

4.12. Just as tall on testosterone; a neutral to positive effect on adult height of GnRHa and testosterone in trans boys

LA Willemsen , LS Boogers , CM Wiepjes , DT Klink , ASP van Trotsenburg , M den Heijer , SE Hannema

Brief summary: This paper investigated the effect of pubertal suppression with GnRHa and gender affirming treatment with testosterone on the growth and final height of transgender boys. They found no negative effects, and even possibly a slight boost to adult height in comparison with target and predicted heights for birth-registered sex.One of the concerning features of transgender males is being able to identify with their cisgender peers in stature. I...