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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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JAMA, 2015
What medical therapies are associated with greatest efficacy and fewest adverse events for treating hirsutism?Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) have been associated with improvement for mild hirsutism, as has flutamide (250 mg) twice daily and spironolactone for more severe cases.
Zuuren, E.J. van, Fedorowicz, Z.
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What medical therapies are associated with greatest efficacy and fewest adverse events for treating hirsutism?Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) have been associated with improvement for mild hirsutism, as has flutamide (250 mg) twice daily and spironolactone for more severe cases.
Zuuren, E.J. van, Fedorowicz, Z.
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Hormone Research, 1987
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 ...
Gian Michele Molinatti, Biffignandi P
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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 ...
Gian Michele Molinatti, Biffignandi P
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Therapeutische Umschau, 2002
Hypertrichose und Hirsutismus verursachen bei betroffenen Frauen erhebliche psychologische Probleme. Gegen den unerwünschten Haarwuchs stehen eine Reihe von Therapiemöglichkeiten zur Verfügung, sowohl kosmetischer als auch medizinischer Art. Systemisch werden bei Hirsutismus Antiandrogene eingesetzt, insbesondere von Gynäkologen.
Wolff H, Kunte C
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Hypertrichose und Hirsutismus verursachen bei betroffenen Frauen erhebliche psychologische Probleme. Gegen den unerwünschten Haarwuchs stehen eine Reihe von Therapiemöglichkeiten zur Verfügung, sowohl kosmetischer als auch medizinischer Art. Systemisch werden bei Hirsutismus Antiandrogene eingesetzt, insbesondere von Gynäkologen.
Wolff H, Kunte C
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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 ...
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Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 1982 This discussion of the management of hirsutism focuses on clinical assessment investigations evaluation of treatment methods therapeutic regimens medical therapy cosmetic therapy and supportive therapy for hirsute women. Initial clinical evaluation of the hirsute woman should consider the site type and extent or area of hair growth as well as age of ...
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