Reanalyzing the modified Ferriman-Gallwey score: Is there a simpler method for assessing the extent of hirsutism?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Cook, Heather ^a   Brennan, Kathleen ^a,b   Azziz, Ricardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen excess; Ferriman Gallwey; hair growth; hirsutism; modified Ferriman Gallwey; PCOS; polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; CHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED FERRIMAN GALLWEY SCORE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THIGH; THORAX; UPPER LIP;

EID: 80054981555     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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