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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the author's clinical recommendations.

A 19-year-old woman seeks care for slowly progressive hair growth. Since high school, she has shaved her upper lip weekly and waxed her abdomen and thighs monthly. Her menstrual periods are regular. Physical examination is unremarkable except for a body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 31 and trace hair over the abdomen . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Clinical Problem

Pathogenesis

Strategies and Evidence

Differential Diagnosis

Diagnostic Strategies

Management

            Cosmetic and Physical Measures

            Hormonal Treatments

            Estrogen–Progestin Oral Contraceptives

            Antiandrogens

            Other Hormonal Therapies

Areas of Uncertainty

Guidelines

Summary and Recommendations

Source Information

From the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Rosenfield at the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC-5053, Chicago, IL 60637, or at robros@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu.

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Willenberg H. S., Bahlo M., Scherbaum W. A., de Zegher F., Dunger D. B., Ibáñez L., Rosenfield R. L.
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