Association between Lipid Accumulation Product and Hirsutism in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

• Main Authors: Flávia Ribeiro de Oliveira (Author), Mariana Bicalho Rezende (Author), Nícolas Figueiredo Faria (Author), Tomás Ribeiro Gonçalves Dias (Author), Walter Carlos Santos de Oliveira (Author), Ana Luiza Lunardi Rocha (Author), Ana Lúcia Cândido (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine metabolic disorder in women between menarche and menopause. Clinical hyperandrogenism is the most important diagnostic criterion of the syndrome, which manifests as hirsutism in 70% of cases. Hirsute carriers of PCOS have high c...