Hirsutism: Diagnosis and management

Gender Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Brodell, Lindsey Ann ^a   Mercurio, Mary Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital adrenal hyperplasia; functional ovarian hyperandrogenism; hirsutism; hyperandrogenism; hypertrichosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DANAZOL; DIAZOXIDE; DIENOGEST; DROSPIRENONE; EFLORNITHINE; FINASTERIDE; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HEAVY METAL; METFORMIN; METHYLDOPA; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MINOXIDIL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; PRASTERONE; RESERPINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; MEDLINE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; CAUSALITY; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EFLORNITHINE; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; HAIR REMOVAL; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LASER THERAPY; METFORMIN; NEOPLASMS; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; SPIRONOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 77954900977     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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