How would you counsel a female to male transgender patient regarding VTE risk with testosterone therapy, who has additional mild-moderate risk factors for thrombosis?
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Hematology · University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
If physiologic concentrations of testosterone are not exceeded and the hematocrit is monitored to avoid a pathologic level of erythrocytosis, the risk for thrombosis from testosterone GAHT does not appear to in excess of the general population.
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