| pubmed-article:9011736 | pubmed:abstractText | Croatian Endocrine Society and Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences organized Symposium on Hyperandrogenaemia on March 22nd, 1996. Different aspects of this syndrome were discussed: epidemiology, classification and clinical features, steroid biosynthesis in the adrenal gland and ovarium, the genetics of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), clinical significance of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone metabolism, androgen excess and metabolic syndrome (syndrome X), insulin disturbances in PCOS, increased risk for development of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, androgen effects on serum lipoproteins, insulin like growth factors and function of ovarium, Doppler parameters in PCOS, treatment of hyperandrogenaemia, skin changes in PCOS, tests for adrenal and ovarial function, arterial hypertension and hyperinsulinism. National Board of Hyperandrogenaemia has been elected. | lld:pubmed |
