Along with this androgen excess, patients have no uteruses.

The evaluation and treatment of androgen excess.

Patients usually have uterine hypoplasia, which is associated with biological symptoms of androgen excess.

In Caucasian women, a score of 8 or higher is regarded as indicative of androgen excess.

The Rotterdam definition is wider, including many more patients, most notably patients without androgen excess.

Patients therefore have androgen excess.

In some cases, female beard growth is the result of a hormonal imbalance (usually androgen excess), or a rare genetic disorder known as hypertrichosis.

The androgen excess is mild enough that virilization is not apparent or goes unrecognized at birth and in early childhood.

Hyperandrogenism, or androgen excess, is a medical condition characterized by excessive production and/or secretion of androgens.

Critics maintain that findings obtained from the study of patients with androgen excess cannot necessarily be extrapolated to patients without androgen excess.

But as Dr. Olsen noted, most women with female pattern hair loss have no signs or symptoms of androgen excess, and the amount of testosterone in their blood is typically normal.

The fact that a small amount of androgen excess could slightly affect sexual differentiation of the brain suggests the need for further research on varying amounts of androgen exposure and the corresponding effects.

Henley et al. examined the possibility of homosexuality due to prenatal androgen excess in rats by pre and postnatally exposing male rats to testosterone and observing their later sexual behavior and partner preference.

Virilism (androgen excess) is most obvious in women, and may produce excess facial and body hair, acne, enlargement of the clitoris, deepening of the voice, coarsening of facial features, cessation of menstruation.

Some critics argue that the new emphasis on androgen excess is just another attempt to pathologize variations on a theme, turning traits once considered relatively normal into diseases that must be treated with potent medications taken over a lifetime.

Diabetic Bearded Woman Syndrome None Achard-Thiers syndrome is a rare disorder that occurs primarily in postmenopausal women and is characterized by type 2 (insulin-resistant) diabetes mellitus and signs of androgen excess.

Aromatase deficiency - A disorder in which, in females, is characterized by androgen excess and estrogen deficiency, and can result in inappropriate virilization, though without pseudohermaphroditism (i.e., genitals are phenotypically appropriate) (with the exception of the possible incidence of clitoromegaly).