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Because hirsutism results from either an androgen overproduction or from hypersensitivity of the skin to androgens, its treatment must therefore suppress the pathological processes involved in order to be effective.
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Mauvais-Jarvis, P., Kuttenn, F., Mowszowicz, I. (1981). Treatment of Hirsutism. In: Hirsutism. Monographs on Endocrinology, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81571-3_12
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