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Case Reports
. 1978 Aug;30(2):243-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43468-0.

Secondary amenorrhea in obesity: etiologic role of weight-related androgen excess

A R Glass, W T Dahms, G Abraham, R L Atkinson, G A Bray, R S Swerdloff
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Case Reports

Secondary amenorrhea in obesity: etiologic role of weight-related androgen excess

A R Glass et al. Fertil Steril. 1978 Aug.
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Abstract

A massively obese, amenorrheic young woman had elevated levels of plasma androgens which could be reduced either acutely by dexamethasone administration or chronically by weight loss. Normalization of plasma androgen levels in both instances led to resumption of ovulation, suggesting that weight-related hyperandrogenism is a cause of amenorrhea in obesity.

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