ea0056p927 | Female Reproduction | ECE2018
Fanelli Flaminia
, Mezzullo Marco
, Zanotti Laura
, Fazzini Alessia
, Mastroroberto Marianna
, Morselli-Labate Antonio Maria
, Pagotto Uberto
, Pasquali Renato
, Gambineri Alessandra
Introduction: Clinical and laboratory hyperandrogenisms indistinctly contribute to PCOS diagnosis; however, they differ in hormonal and metabolic correlates and require proper therapeutic strategies. Circulating biomarkers of hirsutism were not identified so far, with elevated testosterone being observed only in half of hirsute patients. Reasons for such inconsistencies possibly relies in previously used immunoassays, nowadays recognized as not adequate because of poor reliabi...