Degree of facial and body terminal hair growth in unselected black and white women: Toward a populational definition of hirsutism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1345-1350

  DeUgarte, Catherine Marin ^a,b   Woods, K S ^c   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^c   Azziz, Ricardo ^a,b,c,d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAIR; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646073449     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-2301     Document Type: Article

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