Female Pattern Hair Loss and Androgen Excess: A Report From the Multidisciplinary Androgen Excess and PCOS Committee

Bone Health in Endocrine Diseases Associated with Androgen Excess: A Narrative Review

Introduction: Osteoporosis is humans' most common bone tissue disease that causes bone fractures. Based on the evidence, a combination of genetic and environmental factors, hormonal disorders such as estrogen deficiency, malnutrition, inflammatory factors, drugs, and physical inactivity are related to the pathogenesis of this disease. The present study aimed to review the effects of androgens a...

The Androgen-Excess Theory of Breast Cancer

In contrast with the dominant role usually attributed to estrogens in breast cancer, the Androgen-Excess Theory suggests a central role for androgens in this disease. According to the theory, androgen excess is the principal endocrine abnormality that characterizes women with breast cancer, and it is part of a complex hormonal disorder that involves estrogens as well as other hormones and metab...

The spectrum of androgen excess disorders.

A better understanding of the different phenotypes and of their endocrine and metabolic characteristics permits investigators to distinguish three main androgen excess disorders: classic polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), mild ovulatory PCOS, and idiopathic hyperandrogenism. These androgenic phenotypes differ more for the severity of the endocrine and metabolic alteration than for the etiopathog...

The Androgen Excess and PCOS Society criteria for the polycystic ovary syndrome: the complete task force report.

OBJECTIVE To review all available data and recommend a definition for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) based on published peer-reviewed data, whether already in use or not, to guide clinical diagnosis and future research. DESIGN Literature review and expert consensus. SETTING Professional society. PATIENTS None. INTERVENTION(S) None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) A systematic review of the ...

Evaluation and treatment of male and female pattern hair loss