Steroid Therapy in Hirsutism and Virilism

Hirsutism, virilism, polycystic ovarian disease, and the steroid-gonadotropin-feedback system: a career retrospective.

This career retrospective describes how the initial work on the mechanism of hormone action provided the tools for the study of hirsutism, virilism, and polycystic ovarian disease. After excessive ovarian and or adrenal androgen secretion in polycystic ovarian disease had been established, the question whether the disease was genetic or acquired, methods to manage hirsutism and methods for the ...

Hirsutism , Virilism , Polycystic Ovarian Disease and Steroid - 2 3 Gonadotropin - Feedback System : a Career Retrospective 4 5 6 7

1 HIRSUTISM, VIRILISM, POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN DISEASE AND STEROID2 3 GONADOTROPIN-FEEDBACK SYSTEM: A CAREER RETROSPECTIVE 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Virendra B. Mahesh, 13 14 Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, 15 16 Medical College of Georgia (Now Georgia Health Sciences University), 17 18 1120 15 Street, Augusta Georgia 30912. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Running title: Steroid-gonadotropin-feedback sy...

Suprarenal Virilism

Until a year ago the patient, a girl aged 5 years, was to all appearances norma], mentally and physically. During the dst twelve months she became fat, listless, unusually silent, Prone to sit about, disinclined to take an interest in her Surroundings or to play with other children. With the increasing fatness growth in stature was at an normally vigorous rate, hair developing on the limbs and ...

neurobrucellosis and steroid therapy

Hypersensitivity Reaction and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pyrethroid Poisoning and Role of Steroid Therapy

Background: Pyrethroids are generally of low toxicity to humans, but in suicidal poisonings which are usually associated with ingestion of high doses, they lead to severe systemic effects. Case Report: A 30-year old woman presented to emergency department with a history of intentional ingestion of about 15 mL of prallethrin around 3 days earlier. She complained of shortness of breath along with...