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. 2025 Mar 1;179(3):342-344.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6081.

Gender-Affirming Medications Among Transgender Adolescents in the US, 2018-2022

Landon D Hughes  1 , Brittany M Charlton  2 , Isa Berzansky  2 , Jae D Corman  3
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Gender-Affirming Medications Among Transgender Adolescents in the US, 2018-2022

Landon D Hughes et al. JAMA Pediatr. .
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This cross-sectional study explores the receipt of gender-affirming medications among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents in the US, analyzing these rates by age and sex assigned at birth.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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