Increased peripheral androgen activity in infertile Korean women with polycystic ovaries
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Beyond adrenal and ovarian androgen generation: Increased peripheral 5 alpha-reductase activity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Hyperandrogenism, a main clinical feature of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is thought to result from enhanced ovarian and adrenal androgen generation. To investigate the contribution of peripheral steroidogenesis, we used an oral challenge with dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and analyzed its downstream conversion toward androgens in eight women with PCOS (age, 20-32 yr; body mass index, 20-4...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1460-2350,0268-1161
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.8.1934