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==Screening==
==Screening==
Hormonal screening (e.g. [[testosterone]], [[DHEAS]])  is recommended for all hirsute women . For hirsute women with high level of [[androgen]]<nowiki/>s ,a prolonged [[dexamethasone]] test should also be performed.<ref name="McKenna1994">{{cite journal|last1=McKenna|first1=T. Joseph|title=Screening for Sinister Causes of Hirsutism|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=331|issue=15|year=1994|pages=1015–1016|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJM199410133311510}}</ref>
[[Hormonal|Hormona]]<nowiki/>l screening (e.g. [[testosterone]], [[DHEAS]])  is recommended for all hirsute women . For hirsute women with high level of [[androgen]]<nowiki/>s ,a prolonged [[dexamethasone]] test should also be performed.<ref name="McKenna1994">{{cite journal|last1=McKenna|first1=T. Joseph|title=Screening for Sinister Causes of Hirsutism|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=331|issue=15|year=1994|pages=1015–1016|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJM199410133311510}}</ref>


== References==
== References==

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Screening

Hormonal screening (e.g. testosterone, DHEAS) is recommended for all hirsute women . For hirsute women with high level of androgens ,a prolonged dexamethasone test should also be performed.[1]

References

  1. McKenna, T. Joseph (1994). "Screening for Sinister Causes of Hirsutism". New England Journal of Medicine. 331 (15): 1015–1016. doi:10.1056/NEJM199410133311510. ISSN 0028-4793.

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