HIRSUTISM: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT

Hirsutism is a common clinical condition seen in female patients of all ages. It affects around 5-10% of the women and is a common presenting complaint in the dermatological out patient department for cosmetic reasons. The cause is mainly hyperandrogeneism, which may be ovarian or adrenal. It may be...

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Autor principal: Sachdeva, Silonie
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20418968
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.60342
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description Hirsutism is a common clinical condition seen in female patients of all ages. It affects around 5-10% of the women and is a common presenting complaint in the dermatological out patient department for cosmetic reasons. The cause is mainly hyperandrogeneism, which may be ovarian or adrenal. It may be part of a rare metabolic syndrome, drug induced, or just idiopathic. Hirsutism has a huge psychosocial impact, especially in the young females. This article reviews the current evaluation guidelines and management of hirsutism.
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spelling pubmed-28563562010-04-25 HIRSUTISM: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT Sachdeva, Silonie Indian J Dermatol Review Article Hirsutism is a common clinical condition seen in female patients of all ages. It affects around 5-10% of the women and is a common presenting complaint in the dermatological out patient department for cosmetic reasons. The cause is mainly hyperandrogeneism, which may be ovarian or adrenal. It may be part of a rare metabolic syndrome, drug induced, or just idiopathic. Hirsutism has a huge psychosocial impact, especially in the young females. This article reviews the current evaluation guidelines and management of hirsutism. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2856356/ /pubmed/20418968 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.60342 Text en © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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HIRSUTISM: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
title HIRSUTISM: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
title_full HIRSUTISM: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
title_fullStr HIRSUTISM: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
title_full_unstemmed HIRSUTISM: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
title_short HIRSUTISM: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20418968
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.60342
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