Hyperandrogenism is the key pathologic feature of polycystic ovary syndrome, but diagnostic assessment of androgen excess in women is problematic, and the biochemical assays in routine clinical ...

Estrone (E1), also spelled oestrone, is a steroid, a weak estrogen, and a minor female sex hormone. It is one of three major endogenous estrogens, the others being estradiol and estriol.

On the other hand, ethinyl-estradiol containing contraceptives ... the main progestins discussed in this paper for the different steroid receptors is indicated. These results are based on in ...