Epidemiology of hirsutism among women of reproductive age in the community: A simplified scoring system

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-169

  Li, Rong ^a   Qiao, Jie ^a   Yang, Dongzi ^b   Li, Shangwei ^c   Lu, Shulan ^d   Wu, Xiaoke ^e   Wei, Zhaolian ^f  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Heilongjiang Chinese Medicine University   (China)

^f ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community; Epidemiology; Hirsutism; Modified mF G scoring system

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACNE; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODIFIED FERRIMAN GALWEY SCORE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIGH; UPPER LIP;

EID: 84865013377     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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