URINARY EXCRETION OF TESTOSTERONE IN IDIOPATHIC HIRSUTISM
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Idiopathic hirsutism.
Hirsutism, the presence of terminal (coarse) hairs in females in a male-like pattern, affects between 5% and 10% of women. Of the sex steroids, androgens are the most important in determining the type and distribution of hairs over the human body. Under the influence of androgens hair follicles that are producing vellus-type hairs can be stimulated to begin producing terminal hairs (i.e., termi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0029-7828
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-196604000-00027