INTRODUCTION There are still not enough data showing whether patients with idiopathic hirsutism (IH) also have insulin resistance. The association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and insulin resistance is well documented in the literature, but the Rotterdam Consensus has concluded that principally obese women with PCOS should be screened for the metabolic syndrome. We intended to inves...

lutions give parallel curves for T for both pooled sera. Counts of the tritiated T were identical in both cases (data not shown). Our data, which are in agreement with Masters and Hfihnel (1) and also with Slaats et al. (3), clearly verify that SHBG strongly influences the equilibrium adjustment of the binding reaction between ligand and antibody-the most important step in immunometric measurem...

The biochemical abnormalities in patients with "idiopathic hirsutism" are imperfectly understood. The fractionation and measurement of urinary 17ketosteroids in these patients have been studied in several laboratories. It appears that this disorder is associated with increased production of an adrenal androgen which is reflected by increased excretion of urinary C1902 17-ketosteroids, in partic...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the commonest endocrine disturbance affecting women in the reproductive age group and encompasses signs of hyperandrogenism, menstrual cycle disturbances and obesity. Some of the symptoms of PCOS may be ameliorated by the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP). METHODS A pilot observational study was carried out in a university teaching hospital...

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome is the most common reproductive endocrinopathy of women during their childbearing age. Elevated LH/FSH ratio, abnormally high androgen level and relatively endogenous estrogen production are indicative PCOS. The diagnosis polycystic remains controversial with some considering transvaginal sonography combination clinical criteria for diagnosis. In this stu...

UNLABELLED Hirsutism is a common condition in women characterized by excessive growth of terminal hair in a male pattern distribution. It may be a manifestation of underlying pathologies. Since there is no data published about the prevalence of endocrinopathies among hirsute women in Lebanon, this study's aim was to reveal the most common etiologies of hirsutism in this population. METHODS Th...

BACKGROUND Body hair shafts from the beard, trunk, and extremities can be used to treat baldness when patients have inadequate amounts of scalp donor hair, but reports in the literature concerning use of body hair to treat baldness are confined to case reports. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess the outcome of body hair transplanted to bald areas of the scalp in selected patients. METHOD...

Mouthparts are closely associated with the feeding behavior and feeding habits of insects. The features of mouthparts frequently provide important traits for evolutionary biologists and systematists. The short-faced scorpionflies (Panorpodidae) are distinctly different from other families of Mecoptera by their extremely short rostrum. However, their feeding habits are largely unknown so far. In...