Augmentation of bone mineral density in hirsute women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2821-2825

  Dagogo Jack, Samuel ^a   Al Ali, Nadia ^b   Qurttom, Mohammed ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGENS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 0030952632     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.9.2821     Document Type: Article

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