| Jordan Finkelstein, Barbara Lawrence, Walter Meyer, Charles Stuart, Paul Walker, Alice Webb, "Physical and Hormonal Evaluation of Transsexual Patients: A Longitudinal Study", Archives of Sexual Behavior, 15:2 1986, p. 121 |
| | Treatment of genetic females with testosterone may carry a significant risk of side effects. Plasma Cholesterol and triglyceride seem to rise with increasing doses of testosterone. The possibility of coronary heart disease in genetic females treated with testosterone must be considered. |
| Bengt Lundstrom, Jan Walinder, "Prognostic Factors in the Assessment of Male Transsexuals for Sex Reassignment", Brit. J. Psychiat., 132 1978, pp. 16-20 |
| P19: | One biological woman was receiving an ineffective dose of male sex hormone. She was dysphoric and in a general state of disharmony. After increase of the dose of hormone she soon became distinctly better and well pleased with life. |
| P19: | The biological woman mentioned in the introduction to this paper began to regret her sex reassignment at a time when the administration of male hormone had been discontinued for a considerable period and there had been, for example, a return of menstruation. When the contrary hormone treatment was restarted she again became well reconciled to the male role. |