The impact of obesity on hormonal parameters in hirsute and nonhirsute women

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-75

  Bernasconi, Donatella ^a   Del Monte, Patrizia ^a   Meozzi, Monica ^a   Randazzo, Matilde ^a   Marugo, Alessandro ^a   Badaracco, Bruno ^a   Marugo, Mario ^a  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029966354     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90202-4     Document Type: Article

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