New onset alopecia and hirsutism in a postmenopausal women

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 324-327

  Bühler Christen, Annette ^a   Tischler, Verena ^b   Diener, Pierre André ^b   Brändle, Michael ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Lucerne   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Imaging; Ovarectomy; Ovarian hyperthecosis; Postmenopausal androgen excess

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIRSUTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERANDROGENISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVARIAN HYPERTHECOSIS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALOPECIA; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; POSTMENOPAUSE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67651119929     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590902730788     Document Type: Article

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