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Child and Adolescent Endocrinology

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Abstract

This chapter will try to answer common questions:

About Puberty

What is Puberty? What happens in puberty? What are hormones? What happens to a girl and a boy in puberty? How long does it take to go through puberty? How do you know where you are in the puberty process?

About Blockers

What is the ‘blocker’? How does it work? If I come off it, will it have harmed me? Do blockers weaken my bones? Do blockers stop me growing? What happens when I stop going through puberty?

About Sex Hormones

What are sex hormones? Do they make natural changes of puberty happen? Do they have any side effects? If I am non-binary, do I have other choices?

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References

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Further Reading

  • Butler, G. E., & Kirk, J. M. W. (2011). Oxford Specialist Handbook of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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  • Meriggiola, M. C., & Gava, G. (2015b). Endocrine Care of Transpeople Part I. A Review of Cross-sex Hormonal Treatments, Outcomes and Adverse Effects in Transmen. Clinical Endocrinology, 83, 597–606.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University College London Hospital & UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

    Gary E. Butler

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Nottingham Center for Transgender Health, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Christina Richards

  2. Nottingham Center for Transgender Health, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Walter Pierre Bouman

  3. Psychology in the Social Sciences, The Open University Psychology in the Social Sciences, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    Meg-John Barker

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Butler, G.E. (2017). Child and Adolescent Endocrinology. In: Richards, C., Bouman, W., Barker, MJ. (eds) Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders. Critical and Applied Approaches in Sexuality, Gender and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51053-2_9

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