Prevalence of hyperandrogenemia among nonhirsute oligo-ovulatory women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 569-572

  Allen, Stephen E ^a   Potter, H Downing ^a   Azziz, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; hirsutism; ovulatory dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOTHESIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031026732     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)80089-1     Document Type: Article

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