Defining hirsutism in Chinese women: A cross-sectional study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 792-796

  Zhao, Xiaomiao ^a   Ni, Renmin ^b   Li, Lin ^a   Mo, Yaqin ^a   Huang, Jia ^a   Huang, Meifeng ^a   Azziz, Ricardo ^c   Yang, Dongzi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hirsutism; modified Ferriman Gallwey score; normal cut off value; polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ACNE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052272469     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.040     Document Type: Article

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