RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hyperlipidaemia and premature coronary artery disease associated with sex-change in a female.
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 61
OP 63
DO 10.1136/pgmj.61.711.61
VO 61
IS 711
A1 ffrench-Constant, C. K.
A1 Spengel, F. A.
A1 Thompson, G. R.
YR 1985
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/61/711/61.abstract
AB We describe the management of a genotypic female who developed hyperlipidaemia and premature coronary artery disease following bilateral oophorectomy and methyltestosterone administration, and present evidence to suggest that the therapeutic androgenization involved in the sex-change was responsible for the hyperlipidaemia.