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Hirsutism

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Authors:
  1. Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis

    1. Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Hôpital Necker, Paris Cedex 15, France
      Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris Cedex 13, France

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  2. Frédérique Kuttenn

    1. Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Hôpital Necker, Paris Cedex 15, France
      Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris Cedex 13, France

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  3. Irène Mowszowicz

    1. Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Hôpital Necker, Paris Cedex 15, France
      Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris Cedex 13, France

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Part of the book series: Monographs on Endocrinology (ENDOCRINOLOGY, volume 19)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 1-1

  3. Androgen Control of the Pilosebaceous Gland

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 2-3

  4. Androgen Production in Women

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 4-10

  5. Androgen Transport in Blood

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 11-14

  6. Hepatic Metabolism

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 15-15

  7. Control of Plasma Level of Testosterone: Metabolic Clearance Rate

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 16-17

  8. Mechanism of Androgen Action in Human Skin

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 18-30

  9. Clinical and Biological Assessment of Hirsutism

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 31-42

  10. Hirsutism of Adrenal Origin

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 43-59

  11. Hirsutism of Ovarian Origin

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 60-73

  12. Idiopathic Hirsutism

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 74-82

  13. Treatment of Hirsutism

    • Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz
    Pages 83-91

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 92-110
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In the past 10 years hirsutism has been the object of a considerable number of fundamental studies. It provides endocrinologists with an experimental model for the investigation of androgen secretion, metabolism and mechanism of action. Plasma androgen assay, free testosterone measurement, hepatic and extrahepatic androgen metabolic clearance and androgen metabolism in the skin are the different steps which were studied by many groups and represent valuable parameters of the mechanisms of hirsutism. Determination of the origin of androgen oversecretion has become easier by technical progress in differential effiuent venous catheterism, which makes it possible to compare androgens in adrenal or ovarian effiuent veins to their peripheral levels, and to determine the ovarian or adrenal source of the androgen oversecretion as well as the side responsible, essential in the case of tumors. The study of androgen metabolism and the discovery of androgen receptors in the skin confIrm the latter as an actual target cell for androgens. This target cell uses the circulating active androgen, i. e. , testosterone and can also metabolize local inactive androgens into active ones. This is the case of androstenedione and dehy­ droepiandrosterone which are the two main androgens secreted in women, since women secrete very little testosterone. The capacity of the skin to transform inactive androgens into active ones varies from one individual to another. That would support the concept of variable skin receptivity from one woman to another and from one ethnic group to another.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Hôpital Necker, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz

  • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hirsutism

  • Authors: Pierre Mauvais-Jarvis, Frédérique Kuttenn, Irène Mowszowicz

  • Series Title: Monographs on Endocrinology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81571-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-81573-7Published: 13 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81571-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0077-1015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 112

  • Topics: Endocrinology, Dermatology

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