Molecular basis of Gender Dysphoria: androgen and estrogen receptor interaction

Transsexualism in ICD-10 (World Health Organization, 1993), Gender Identity Disorder in DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000), Gender Dysphoria in DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) or Gender Incongruence in ICD-11 (World Health Organization, 2018) are characterized by a marked incongruence between one ´s experienced gender and biological sex (World Health Organization, 1993). Transsexuals are individuals who seek, or have undergone, a social transition from male-to-female (MtF) or female-to-male (FtM) that in many, but not all cases involves a somatic transition through cross-sex hormone treatme nt and genital surgery (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - August 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rosa Fern ández, Antonio Guillamón, Joselyn Cortés-Cortés, Esther Gómez-Gil, Amalia Jácome, Isabel Esteva, MariCruz Almaraz, Mireia Mora, Gloria Aranda, Eduardo Pásaro Source Type: research