The prevalence of androgen excess among patients with minimal unwanted hair growth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1914-1920

  Souter, Irene ^a,b   Sanchez, Luis A ^c   Perez, Marilda ^c   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^d   Azziz, Ricardo ^a,b,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Hair growth; Hirsutism; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADULT; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENIC INSULIN RESISTANT ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS SYNDROME; HYPERANDROGENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OLIGOOVULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANDROGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 10044232633     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.06.064     Document Type: Article

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