Approach to patients with hirsutism

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 386-391

  Sakiyama, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIANDROGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DANAZOL; DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIANE; DIAZOXIDE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS ETYNODIOL DIACETATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTIMATE; FINASTERIDE; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MINOXIDIL; NAFARELIN ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORTHO CEPT 21; ORTHO CYCLEN 21; PHENYTOIN; PRASTERONE; PREDNISONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDICATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HEPATITIS; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030464791     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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