Antiandrogenic treatment of a gender-dysphoric transvestite.
A synthetic ovarian hormone, diethylstilbestrol, was used to reduce the desire to cross-dress in a 65-year-old, gender-dysphoric transvestite. Antiandrogens may be of use in treating patients refractory or inaccessible to other clinical approaches.
Brantley
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D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D014190:Transvestism / Q000188:drug therapy*
D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone