Salivary testosterone measurement in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome

Abstract Clinical and/or biochemical hyperandrogenism is one of the diagnostic criteria for PCOS. An evaluation of the role of salivary testosterone (salT) and androstenedione (salA) for the diagnosis of PCOS was undertaken in a cross sectional study involving 65 women without PCOS and 110 women wit...

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Main Authors: Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Ahmed Al-Qaissi, Eric S. Kilpatrick, Soha R. Dargham, Joanne Adaway, Brian Keevil, Stephen L. Atkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03945-w