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Fertility Preservation for Transgender Adolescents

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In this paper, the authors describe fertility preservation (FP) utilization by transgender adolescents within a pediatric gender clinic between July 2013 and July 2016, using a retrospective chart review to abstract demographic and clinical information among adolescents initiating gender-affirming hormones, including patient age at initial FP consultation, birth-assigned sex, race/ethnicity, and outcome of FP consultation.
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This article is published in Journal of Adolescent Health.The article was published on 2017-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 177 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Transgender & Gender dysphoria.

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Attitudes Toward Fertility Preservation Among Transgender Youth and Their Parents.

TL;DR: The majority of TGGD youth and parents did not find having biological offspring important and were not willing to delay GAH for FP, and Discomfort with reproductive anatomy was a major influencing factor for youth FP decision-making.
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Freezing for the future: Transgender youth respond to medical fertility preservation

TL;DR: The medical community is paying increasing attention to the healthcare needs of adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria who desire medical interventions to bring their bodies and gender identity to the appropriate gender as mentioned in this paper.
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Ethical Considerations in Fertility Preservation for Transgender Youth: A Case Illustration.

TL;DR: This report includes two case illustrations of transmasculine youth which highlight how ethical considerations emerge in clinical practice and underscore the nuance and complexity of fertility-related decision-making among transgender adolescents.
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Fertility Preservation Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Feminizing Transgender Patients.

TL;DR: Semen cryopreservation is a viable method of fertility preservation in adolescent and young adult transgender individuals and can be considered in patients who have already initiated therapy for gender dysphoria, and further research is needed to determine the optimal length of time these therapies should be discontinued to facilitate successful semen cryop Reservation.
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Children and adolescents with gender dysphoria in israel: increasing referral and fertility preservation rates.

TL;DR: Israeli adolescents with gender dysphoria have high fertility preservation rates, perhaps attributable to cultural perspectives, which can be achieved when proper counseling is both available and promoted by medical personnel.
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Transgender Men Who Experienced Pregnancy After Female-to-Male Gender Transitioning

TL;DR: Transgender men are achieving pregnancy after having socially, medically, or both transitioned and themes from this study can be used to develop transgender-appropriate services and interventions that may improve the health and health care experiences of transgender men.
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Reproductive wish in transsexual men

TL;DR: The data reveal that the majority of transsexual men desire to have children, and more attention should be paid to this topic during the diagnostic phase of transition and to the consequences for genetic parenthood after starting sex reassignment therapy.
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Low Fertility Preservation Utilization Among Transgender Youth.

TL;DR: More research is needed to understand parenthood goals among transgender youth at different ages and developmental stages and to explore the impact of gender dysphoria on decision-making about FP and parenthood.
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Ovarian morphology in long-term androgen-treated female to male transsexuals. A human model for the study of polycystic ovarian syndrome?

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that androgens alone may induce polycystic changes in women with transsexualism and the assumption that the role of androgens is pivotal at the follicular level—inducing follicle growth arrest and accelerating cystic changes—in the genesis ofpolycystic ovaries is reinforced.
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