The ACTH test in the diagnosis of hirsutism
The ACTH test has been used to confirm the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency and the classic and the non-classic adrenal hyperplasia due to the 3-HSD, 21 OH e 110H deficiencies. This article reviews the historical aspects of the use of ACTH in the diagnosis of hirsutism and points out its mains ind...
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| author | Marco Fábio Prata Lima Márcia Gaspar Nunes Cláudio Emilio Bonduki Mauro Abi Haidar Geraldo Rodrigues Lima Edmund Chada Baracat |
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| description | The ACTH test has been used to confirm the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency and the classic and the non-classic adrenal hyperplasia due to the 3-HSD, 21 OH e 110H deficiencies. This article reviews the historical aspects of the use of ACTH in the diagnosis of hirsutism and points out its mains indications. In spite of new biological molecular advances in the diagnosis of adrenal enzymatic deficiencies, the use of the ACTH test can help the physician to predict both genothipus and fenothipus in populations with hyperandrogenic manifestations due to non-classical or late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b28de8c580341dc8204aca8515ae6db2022-12-22T02:02:49ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-946011521403140510.1590/S1516-31801997000200006S1516-31801997000200006The ACTH test in the diagnosis of hirsutismMarco Fábio Prata Lima0Márcia Gaspar Nunes1Cláudio Emilio Bonduki2Mauro Abi Haidar3Geraldo Rodrigues Lima4Edmund Chada Baracat5Universidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloThe ACTH test has been used to confirm the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency and the classic and the non-classic adrenal hyperplasia due to the 3-HSD, 21 OH e 110H deficiencies. This article reviews the historical aspects of the use of ACTH in the diagnosis of hirsutism and points out its mains indications. In spite of new biological molecular advances in the diagnosis of adrenal enzymatic deficiencies, the use of the ACTH test can help the physician to predict both genothipus and fenothipus in populations with hyperandrogenic manifestations due to non-classical or late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801997000200006&lng=en&tlng=enACTHdiagnosishirsutismadrenal hyperplasia |
| spellingShingle | Marco Fábio Prata Lima Márcia Gaspar Nunes Cláudio Emilio Bonduki Mauro Abi Haidar Geraldo Rodrigues Lima Edmund Chada Baracat The ACTH test in the diagnosis of hirsutism São Paulo Medical Journal ACTH diagnosis hirsutism adrenal hyperplasia |
| title | The ACTH test in the diagnosis of hirsutism |
| title_full | The ACTH test in the diagnosis of hirsutism |
| title_fullStr | The ACTH test in the diagnosis of hirsutism |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ACTH test in the diagnosis of hirsutism |
| title_short | The ACTH test in the diagnosis of hirsutism |
| title_sort | acth test in the diagnosis of hirsutism |
| topic | ACTH diagnosis hirsutism adrenal hyperplasia |
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