Investigation of Hirsutism: Testosterone is Not Enough
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
- Vol. 20 (5) , 262-263
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000456328302000502
Abstract
SUMMARY In a consecutive series of 41 hirsute women clinically classified as benign androgen excess, only 34% were found to have elevated plasma ‘total’ testosterone (T), 22% having subnormal sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). When expressed as the ratio T/SHBG (‘free androgen index’), 85% of the patients had values above the normal range. It is concluded that this index is more reliable than total testosterone in assessing androgen status in female patients.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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