Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hirsutism affects 5–8% of the whole female population. In most patients, hirsutism is associated with hyperandrogenemia and the most common cause of androgen excess is polycystic ovary syndrome; however, the clinical presentation of non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia(NCAH) in females is often indistinguishable from other hyperandrogenic disorders because of common clinical signs with hirsutism and poly cystic ovary syndrome(PCOS).<p class="abst...