Severe Hyperandrogenemia and Insulin Resistance in a 12-Year-Old Girl

    July 2012 in “ Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology ”
    Maude Veilleux-Lemieux, Amy D. DiVasta
    Studysummary This case report describes an obese young adolescent girl with PCOS who presented with high testosterone levels and severe hyperinsulinemia, successfully treated with continuous combined oral contraceptives.
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    1. The Androgen Excess and PCOS Society Criteria for the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Complete Task Force Report Fertility and Sterility · 2008
    2. Hirsutism New England journal of medicine/˜The œNew England journal of medicine · 2005
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