Hyperandrogenemia in patients presenting with acne

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 889-892

  Slayden, Scott M ^a   Moran, Carlos ^a,b   Sams Jr , W Mitchell ^a   Boots, Larry R ^a   Azziz, Ricardo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Acne; ACTH; Adrenal hyperplasia; Androgens

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROXINE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERANDROGENISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANDROGENS; CHILD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0035032740     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01701-0     Document Type: Article

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