Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Despite being a psychiatric disorder, anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated to severe systemic complications. The endocrine complications of AN are an opportunity for the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. The authors report the experience of the Endocrinology Department in the treatment of AN in inpatient setting.Patients and methods: Retrospective analysis of 45 patients admitted with AN between 2001 and 2015 in the Endocrinology de...

Introduction:: Gender dysphoria (GD) is featured by significant difference between the individual’s expressed gender and the gender others would assign him or her, with marked distress in social and occupational functionality, according to DSM-V classification. We report the experience in the clinical evaluation and the results of hormonal therapy and sex reassignment surgery in a hospital center.Methods:: It was conducted a retrospective analysis o...