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Annals of Internal Medicine, 1987
Excess body hair, or hirsutism, is usually only a problem in women and can cause considerable psychological distress. The disorder is usually androgen mediated. Because androgens come only from the adrenal glands or gonads or by conversion in peripheral tissues of precursor steroids from these organs, the causes of hirsutism are found in these two ...
R S, Rittmaster, D L, Loriaux
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Excess body hair, or hirsutism, is usually only a problem in women and can cause considerable psychological distress. The disorder is usually androgen mediated. Because androgens come only from the adrenal glands or gonads or by conversion in peripheral tissues of precursor steroids from these organs, the causes of hirsutism are found in these two ...
R S, Rittmaster, D L, Loriaux
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Idiopathic hirsutism: an uncommon cause of hirsutism in Alabama
Fertility and Sterility, 1998To determine the prevalence of idiopathic hirsutism among a population of consecutive hirsute patients.Prospective cohort study.University-based clinic.Premenopausal women with a complaint of hirsutism who were not receiving hormonal therapy.Evaluations for total and free testosterone, (T), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-HP), and DHEAS serum levels ...
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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1977
Many women have some facial hair, and most patients who seek advice will be at the far end of the normal distribution curve for hair. In a second group there is a slight excessive production of androgens with associated hirsutism, either idiopathic or associated with polycystic ovarian disease.
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Many women have some facial hair, and most patients who seek advice will be at the far end of the normal distribution curve for hair. In a second group there is a slight excessive production of androgens with associated hirsutism, either idiopathic or associated with polycystic ovarian disease.
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Psychological Reports, 1983
To compare anxiety of 15 hirsute women and of 20 control subjects (student nurses) seen at the Soroka Medical Center, Israel, three hypotheses were considered: patients with hirsutism have significantly higher state anxiety than the control sample; patients with hirsutism show significantly higher trait anxiety than the control sample; the extent of ...
S, Rabinowitz, R, Cohen, D, Le Roith
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To compare anxiety of 15 hirsute women and of 20 control subjects (student nurses) seen at the Soroka Medical Center, Israel, three hypotheses were considered: patients with hirsutism have significantly higher state anxiety than the control sample; patients with hirsutism show significantly higher trait anxiety than the control sample; the extent of ...
S, Rabinowitz, R, Cohen, D, Le Roith
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Hormone Research, 2008
The clinical appearance of female idiopathic hirsutism and its pathophysiological aspects and the antiandrogen drugs in relation to the therapy of hirsutism are discussed. Two compounds have been widely employed, namely cyproterone acetate, mainly in the ‘reverse sequential regimen’, and spironolactone, with or without the association of a ...
P, Biffignandi, G M, Molinatti
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The clinical appearance of female idiopathic hirsutism and its pathophysiological aspects and the antiandrogen drugs in relation to the therapy of hirsutism are discussed. Two compounds have been widely employed, namely cyproterone acetate, mainly in the ‘reverse sequential regimen’, and spironolactone, with or without the association of a ...
P, Biffignandi, G M, Molinatti
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BMJ, 2009
#### Summary points Hirsutism is the presence of excess hair growth in women, and the term usually refers to excessive growth of terminal hair in an androgen dependent distribution. Although it is often thought to be a cosmetic problem, unwanted hair growth adversely affects psychological wellbeing.1 It can have a similar effect on quality of life ...
Olympia, Koulouri, Gerard S, Conway
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#### Summary points Hirsutism is the presence of excess hair growth in women, and the term usually refers to excessive growth of terminal hair in an androgen dependent distribution. Although it is often thought to be a cosmetic problem, unwanted hair growth adversely affects psychological wellbeing.1 It can have a similar effect on quality of life ...
Olympia, Koulouri, Gerard S, Conway
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