Clinical presentation and etiologic factors of hirsutism in premenopausal Iranian women

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Ansarin, Habib ^a   Aziz Jalali, Mir Hadi ^a   Rasi, Abbas ^a   Soltani Arabshahi, Razieh ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Androgens; Endocrine diseases; Hirsutism; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMENOPAUSE; PROLACTINOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGENS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846656533     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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