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Hyperandrogenism syndrome: diagnostics and treatment from the position of clinical endocrinology

open access: yesMìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2020
Hyperandrogenism, a pathological condition caused by the effect of excess production of androgens on target organs and tissues, is one of the most common hormonal disorders observed in 5–20 % of women of reproductive age in the population and in 35–41 ...
M.R. Mykytyuk, O.O. Khyzhnyak
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Adrenal Hyperandrogenism in Children [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1999
H of a mild-to-moderate degree is probably the most common abnormality in normoestrogenic menstrual disturbances. Androgen excess arises from abnormal ovarian or adrenal sources. The adrenal androgens, normally secreted by the fetal adrenal zone or the zona reticularis, are steroid hormones with weak androgen activity. Although adrenal androgens do not
GHIZZONI, Lucia   +2 more
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High levels of follicular fluid testosterone could impair oocyte developmental competency via affecting aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway in PCOS patients

open access: yesBMC Molecular and Cell Biology, 2022
Background Although hormonal and metabolic dysfunction have been recognized as a possible cause of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), the associations between hyperandrogenism and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) signaling pathway remains controversial ...
Fatemeh Eini   +3 more
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The Leydig Steroid Cell Tumor in a Postmenopausal Woman with Clinical and Biochemical Hyperandrogenism: A Case Report

open access: yesMetabolites, 2022
Leydig cell tumors (LCTs) refer to tumors of the stroma of the genital strand, which are found mainly in postmenopausal women. The diagnosis of LCTs in postmenopausal women is associated with specific difficulties and is based on the identification of ...
Larisa V. Suturina   +6 more
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Prevalence of Prediabetes Risk in Offspring Born to Mothers with Hyperandrogenism

open access: yesEBioMedicine, 2017
Background: Excessive androgen exposure during pregnancy has been suggested to induce diabetic phenotypes in offspring in animal models. The aim of this study was to investigate whether pregestational maternal hyperandrogenism in human influenced the ...
Shen Tian   +52 more
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Divergences in insulin resistance between the different phenotypes of the polycystic ovary syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Context/Objective: Current diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have generated distinct PCOS phenotypes, based on the different combinations of diagnostic features found in each patient.
Bonin, Cecilia   +12 more
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Bloodletting has no effect on the blood pressure abnormalities of hyperandrogenic women taking oral contraceptives in a randomized clinical trial

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Normoferritinemic women with functional hyperandrogenism show a mild iron overload. Iron excess, hyperandrogenism, and cardioautonomic dysfunction contribute to blood pressure (BP) abnormalities in these patients.
Manuel Luque-Ramírez   +9 more
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Psychiatric characterization of children with genetic causes of hyperandrogenism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Objective: Very little is known about the mental health status in children with genetic causes of hyperandrogenism. This study sought to characterize psychiatric morbidity in this group. Design/methods: Children (8-18 years) with the diagnosis of classic
Ernst, Monique   +7 more
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DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERANDROGENISM: DIFFICULTY AND THE CONSEQUENCES

open access: yesМедицинский вестник Юга России, 2017
Objective: to evaluate the prescription of drug treatment of hyperandrogenism according to the diagnostic algorithm by endocrinologists in clinical practice.Materials and methods: retrospective analysis of 15 case reports of women with established ...
N. I. Volkova   +3 more
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Rodent Models of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Rodents are clearly valuable models for assessing disruption of fertility. The effects of different steroid treatments at different stages of reproductive life through from fetal to adult have been assessed for effects on fertility, ovarian morphology ...
Duncan, Colin, McNeilly, Alan S
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