Approach to Androgen Excess in Women: Clinical and Biochemical Insights

    March 2022 in “ Clinical Endocrinology ”
    Leanne Cussen, Tara McDonnell, Gillian Bennett … Michael O'Reilly
    Studysummary This review outlines a diagnostic approach for identifying non-PCOS pathology in women with androgen excess, emphasizing the importance of clinical history and biochemical phenotyping but reports no new clinical results.
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