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Hormone treatment of gender identity disorder in a cohort of children and adolescents

Ann J Conway, Julie C Hamblin and David J Handelsman
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (5): . || doi: 10.5694/mja12.10981
Published online: 3 September 2012

To the Editor: In describing 8 years of experience in managing adolescent gender identity disorder (GID) at a paediatric hospital clinic, Hewitt and colleagues highlight a small group of patients who require momentous life-long clinical decisions made in a timely manner.1 However, the rarity of this condition means that experience in any centre is limited.


  • 1 ANZAC Research Institute, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, NSW.
  • 2 HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, Sydney, NSW.


Correspondence: djh@anzac.edu.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

  • 1. Hewitt JK, Paul C, Kasiannan P, et al. Hormone treatment of gender identity disorder in a cohort of children and adolescents. Med J Aust 2012; 196: 578-581. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112.

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