Avtor/Urednik		Osredkar, J
Naslov		Determination of salivary testosterone: diagnostic value in hirsute women
Tip		članek
Vir		Farm Vestn
Vol. in št.		Letnik 44, št. 2
Leto izdaje		1993
Obseg		str. 81-5
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		We compared the diagnostic value of information given by salivary testosterone with the diagnostic value of information given by total serum testosterone, free serum testosterone, androgen index (FAI = T/SHBG x 100), and sex hormone-binding globulin. To examine the clinical value of these parameters we analyzed blood and saliva samples from 32 hirsute women and 32 age-matched healthy control volunteers. The levels of salivary testosterone, total serum testosterone, free testosterone, and the androgen index were all significantly higher in the hirsute group (p < 0,01), whereas in the sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) a decrease was noticed (p < 0,01). Out of 32 hirsute patients salivary testosterone was elevated in 27, total serum testosterone in 7, free testosterone in 20, and the androgen index in 26 patients; in 24 patients a decrease in SHBG was noticed.
Deskriptorji		HIRSUTISM SALIVA TESTOSTERONE