The evaluation of clinical signs and hormonal changes in women who complained of excessive body hair growth

The evaluation of clinical signs and hormonal changes in women who complained of excessive body hair growth

To evaluate the clinical signs and hormonal changes in women who complained of increased hair growth. We studied 122 female residents of Lithuania aged 18-35 years who were referred to the Clinic of Endocrinology of Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital in 2002-2003 for excessive body hair growth....

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Veröffentlicht in:Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Lithuania), 2005, Vol.41 (6), p.487-495
Hauptverfasser: Kozloviene, Dalia, Kazanavicius, Gintautas, Kruminis, Valdemaras
Format: Artikel
Sprache:lit
Schlagworte:
Acne Vulgaris - etiology
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Androgens - blood
Body Mass Index
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate - blood
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hirsutism - blood
Hirsutism - complications
Hirsutism - diagnosis
Humans
Immunoradiometric Assay
Infertility, Female - etiology
Menstruation Disturbances - etiology
Radioimmunoassay
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin - analysis
Testosterone - blood
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Zusammenfassung:To evaluate the clinical signs and hormonal changes in women who complained of increased hair growth. We studied 122 female residents of Lithuania aged 18-35 years who were referred to the Clinic of Endocrinology of Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital in 2002-2003 for excessive body hair growth. Increased body hair was graded using the Ferriman-Gallwey (F-G) method. Hirsutism was defined when the F-G score was > or =8. Hirsutism was present in 74 (60.66 %) females and in 48 (39.34 %) no hirsutism was noted. The females with hirsutism complained more frequently of infertility (p
ISSN:1648-9144