A LITERARY REVIEW OF HORMONAL INHIBITORS TREATMENT IN GENDER-INCONGRUENT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
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Objective: to debate the impacts that current evidence may have on the use of hormonal blockers in minors diagnosed with Gender Incongruence. Data Source: a systematic review of the literature on “Gender Dysphoria” was carried out between 1961 to 2013, consisting of 11 journals taken from the PubMed digital repository, two literary sources and a dissertation. The method of analysis adopted was hypothetical-deductive and the systematic review, meta-analyses. Data Summary: it was found from a sample of 511 children and adolescents, for 52 years, only 98 (19%) persisted with dysphoric symptoms in adulthood without the administration of puberty blockers, while those based on hormonal suppression had a 100% rate. Discussion: the hormonal inhibitors administering by GNHRa may theoretically be inducing the persistence of gender incongruence and its long-term effects are unknown to science. Since there is no scientific consensus on the product in children and adolescents.
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