Metabolism and concentration of androgenic steroids in abdominal skin of hirsute women with androgenital syndrome
Tóth, I.; Faredin, I.
Acta Medica Hungarica 41(1): 7-18
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0236-5286 PMID: 6234510 Document Number: 230076
An in vitro study was made of the steroid metabolism in the abdominal skin in 2 hirsute women with adrenogenital syndrome, and the concentrations of the various steroids in the skin tissue were determined. The urinary excretion of the total 17-Ks in the abdominal skin of the 2 hirsute women with adrenogenital syndrome. A state of hyperandrogenism does exist in the skin of these patients.