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. 1983 Sep:20 (Pt 5):262-3.
doi: 10.1177/000456328302000502.

Investigation of hirsutism: testosterone is not enough

G D Carter, S M Holland, J Alaghband-Zadeh, G Rayman, P Dorrington-Ward, P H Wise

Investigation of hirsutism: testosterone is not enough

G D Carter et al. Ann Clin Biochem. 1983 Sep.

Abstract

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.

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