Androgen sources in women are the endocrine glands (adrenal glands and ovaries) and peripheral tissues such as fat and skin. Liver and gut play a minor role ... In premenopausal African-American women, relative androgen excess is associated with insulin resistance and increased risk for development of type 2 diabetes.1...
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There are two principal sources of circulating androgens in females: the ovary and the ... Another cause of androgen excess in reproductive-age women is a ...
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In summary, our present results suggest that the ovary is the main source of androgen excess in hyperandrogenic type 1 diabetic patients. ... Comparison of the serum androgen and gonadotropin levels among nonhyperandrogenic diabetic women (NHD, n = 10), hyperandrogenic type 1 diabetic patients (HD, n = 14),
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Although the majority of hyperandrogenic (HA) patients demonstrate an ovarian source for their androgens, approximately 50% also display adrenocortical hyperactivity and adrenal androgen excess. ... 26 healthy eumenorrheic nonhirsute women served as controls.
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Androgen excess in women: experience with over 1000 consecutive patients. ... All patients presenting for evaluation of symptoms potentially related to androgen excess between October 1987 and June 2002 were evaluated, and the data were maintained prospectively in a computerized database.
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What are the sources of excess androgens? ... Extensive clinical experience: relative prevalence of different androgen excess disorders in 950 women referred because of clinical hyperandrogenism (2006-01). ... Androgen excess in women: experience with over 1000 consecutive patients. (2004-01)
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It is tempting to implicate the ovary as the source of androgen excess in postmenopausal women with diabetes [10], [18] and [24]. ...
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All Sources Medscape eMedicine MEDLINE Drug Reference ... CONCLUSION: Among 82 patients of Chinese Han nationality androgen excess women, 4.9% were 21-OHD heterozygous. The response of serum 17-OHP is not useful for predicting CYP21 gene mutation carrier status. Genotyping is the most reliable method to...
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Similar problems have resulted when trying to evaluate androgen problems in women. There are three principal sources of excess androgen production in women - the ovary, the adrenal, and her body fat.
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