Androgen excess carries varied clinical manifestations in women. Although testosterone and dehydroepiandrostendionesulfate (DHEAS) determination is considered useful in diagnostic workup, there is no laboratory definition that sufficiently describes androgen excess.
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Holger.Willenberg@uni-duesseldorf.de