BDNF: a biomarker for social vulnerability in individuals diagnosed with gender dysphoria

J Psychiatr Res. 2014 Mar:50:16-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.11.009. Epub 2013 Dec 1.

¹ Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: brandelli.costa@ufrgs.br.
² Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil; Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, INCT for Translational Medicine, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
³ Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, INCT for Translational Medicine, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil; Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences: Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁵ Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, INCT for Translational Medicine, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Keywords: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor; Gender dysphoria; Minority stress; Transsexualism.

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