A study of serum estradiol, progesterone, 17alpha-hydroxy-progesterone, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA), delta4-androstenedione (delta4-A), FSH, and LH was carried out in one of three sisters having polycystic ovarian disease for a period of 18 days before wedge resection, at the time of surgery, and for 24 days following wedge resection.
This article surveys the congenital and late-onset forms of the common steroidogenic enzyme defects of the adrenal cortex--steroid 21-hydroxylase, steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase, and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiencies--in connection with the occurrence of polycystic ovarian disease.
This article surveys the congenital and late-onset forms of the common steroidogenic enzyme defects of the adrenal cortex--steroid 21-hydroxylase, steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase, and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiencies--in connection with the occurrence of polycystic ovarian disease.