Effect of Leuprolide and Dexamethasone on Hair Growth and Hormone Levels in Hirsute Women: The Relative Importance of the Ovary and the Adrenal in the Pathogenesis of Hirsutism*

April 1990 in “ The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ”

Roger S. Rittmaster, David L. Thompson

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