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    Glossary Ferriman-Gallwey score

    clinical tool quantifying excessive hair growth in women

    The Ferriman-Gallwey score is a clinical tool used to evaluate and quantify the degree of hirsutism, or excessive hair growth, in women. It involves scoring hair growth in nine specific body areas, with higher scores indicating more severe hirsutism. This scale helps healthcare providers diagnose and manage conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and other endocrine disorders.

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    1. Comparison of self-assessed and clinician-assessed hirsutism diagnosed according to the modified Ferriman-Gallwey scale among female outpatients in Brazil Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2024 · 1 citations
    2. Enhanced polycystic ovary syndrome screening: incorporating population and symptom-specific scales into a validated questionnaire and assessment of the syndrome’s associated factors: an analytical cross-sectional study Middle East Fertility Society Journal · 2025
    3. Updates on Hirsutism: A Narrative Review International Journal of Biomedicine · 2022 · 2 citations
    4. Health-related quality of life in women with normogonadotropic ovulatory dysfunction: a prospective cohort study Frontiers in Global Women s Health · 2026
    5. Diagnostik und Therapie der kutanen Androgenisierung im klimakterischen Übergang sowie in der Peri- und Postmenopause: Hirsutismus und Alopezie Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH) · 2012 · 2 citations
    6. Spironolactone in the treatment of hirsutism. PubMed · 1987
    7. Principles of management of women with hirsutism – a dermatologist’s perspective Przegla̧d dermatologiczny · 2020
    8. A study of clinical and investigational profile of hirsute women at a tertiary care center in Western India Clinical Dermatology Review · 2020 · 2 citations
    9. Combination of Intense Pulsed Light and Topical Eflornithine Therapy Versus Intense Pulsed Light Alone in the Treatment of Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Randomized Controlled Trial Cureus · 2025
    10. Approach to the Patient: Hirsutism The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2025
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