Epidemiologic and etiologic aspects of hirsutism in Kashmiri women in the Indian subcontinent

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 674-678

  Zargar, Abdul Hamid ^a,b   Wani, Arshad Iqbal ^a   Masoodi, Shariq Rashid ^a   Laway, Bashir Ahmad ^a   Bashir, Mir Iftikhar ^a   Salahuddin, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Idiopathic hirsutism; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Postmenopausal state; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HAIR; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036009793     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)03241-1     Document Type: Article

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