Prevalence of endocrine diseases and abnormal glucose tolerance tests in 340 Caucasian premenopausal women with hirsutism as the referral diagnosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1570-1579

  Glintborg, Dorte ^a,b   Henriksen, Jan Erik ^a   Andersen, Marianne ^a   Hagen, Claus ^a   Hangaard, Jørgen ^a   Rasmussen, Per Emil ^a   Schousboe, Karoline ^a   Hermann, Anne Pernille ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Odense C 5000 Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

diabetes; endocrine disease; evaluation; Hirsutism; oral glucose tolerance test; PCOS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME DEFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; ANDROGENS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROLACTINOMA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 10044250257     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.06.040     Document Type: Article

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