Use of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria: a momentous step in the dark

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
² Child Health Services, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winchester, UK.
³ Retired, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Portadown, Northern Ireland, UK.

Comment

Christopher Richards et al. Arch Dis Child. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;104(6):611-612.

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315881. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
² Child Health Services, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winchester, UK.
³ Retired, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Portadown, Northern Ireland, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: GnRHa; adolescent; child; gender dysphoria; puberty blockers.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Assessment and support of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria.
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