Female Hirsutism: Pathophysiological Considerations and Therapeutic Implications

    October 1984 in “ Endocrine reviews ”
    P Biffignandi, C Massucchetti, G. M. Molinatti
    Studysummary This review highlights that idiopathic hirsutism is characterized by local hyperandrogenization affecting hair growth, without other signs of hyperandrogenism, and shows no new results; racial differences in prevalence are noted but not in androgenic steroids.
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    1. New Therapeutic Approach to the Hirsute Patient Fertility and sterility · 1979
    2. Use of Cyproterone Acetate in the Treatment of Acne, Hirsutism, and Virilism Journal of Steroid Biochemistry · 1975

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