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Descriptor English: Hyperandrogenism
Descriptor Spanish: Hiperandrogenismo
Descriptor hiperandrogenismo
Scope note: Estado que se caracteriza o produce por la secreción excesiva de andrógenos por la corteza suprarrenal, los ovarios o los testículos. La importancia clínica en hombres es despreciable, de modo que el término se utiliza más comúnmente con referencia a las mujeres. Las manifestaciones comunes en mujeres son hirsutismo y virilismo. Frecuentemente este cuadro deriva de una enfermedad ovárica (particularmente el SÍNDROME DE OVARIOS POLIQUÍSTICOS) y de enfermedades de las glándulas suprarrenales (particularmente HIPERFUNCIÓN DE LAS GLÁNDULAS SUPRARRENALES).
Descriptor Portuguese: Hiperandrogenismo
Descriptor French: Hyperandrogénie
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.875.253.064.500
C12.050.351.875.253.090.750
C12.200.706.316.064.500
C12.200.706.316.090.750
C12.800.316.064.500
C12.800.316.090.750
C16.131.939.316.064.500
C16.131.939.316.129.750
C19.391.119.064.500
C19.391.119.090.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017588
Scope note: A condition caused by the excessive secretion of ANDROGENS from the ADRENAL CORTEX; the OVARIES; or the TESTES. The clinical significance in males is negligible. In women, the common manifestations are HIRSUTISM and VIRILISM as seen in patients with POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME and ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specific manifestation such as HIRSUTISM; VIRILISM; etc.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Androgens (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Related: Hirsutism MeSH
Virilism MeSH
DeCS ID: 31397
Unique ID: D017588
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Hyperandrogenism - Preferred
Concept UI M0026654
Scope note A condition caused by the excessive secretion of ANDROGENS from the ADRENAL CORTEX; the OVARIES; or the TESTES. The clinical significance in males is negligible. In women, the common manifestations are HIRSUTISM and VIRILISM as seen in patients with POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME and ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION.
Preferred term Hyperandrogenism



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