The time has come to simplify the evaluation of the hirsute patient

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 870-872

  Azziz, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; EDITORIAL; HIRSUTISM; LABORATORY TEST; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRILIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0033753901     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01526-0     Document Type: Editorial

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6. Does ethnicity influence the prevalence of adrenal hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome?
7. Prevalence of hyperandrogenemia among nonhirsute oligo-ovulatory women
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9. Screening for 21-hydroxylase deficient non-classic adrenal hyperplasia among hyperandrogenic women: A prospective study
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11. Polycystic ovaries - A common finding in normal women