title: [Value of the dexamethasone-mestranol-HCG test for the differential diagnosis of forms of hirsutism].
abstract: 20 patients with hirsutism of different severity were examined to study the diagnostic assertion of the dexamethasone-HCG-test. The results show, that a well defined classification into the different types of hirsutism (adrenal, ovarian, idiopathic and mixed forms) is not possible using hormonal parameters.
mesh_terms: D015065:17-Hydroxycorticosteroids / Q000097:blood; D015068:17-Ketosteroids / Q000097:blood; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006628:Hirsutism / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008656:Mestranol; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D015065:17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; D015068:17-Ketosteroids; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D003907:Dexamethasone; D008656:Mestranol
vernacular_title: Zur Aussagekraft des Dexamethason-Mestranol-HCG-Tests für die Differentialdiagnose der Hirsutismusformen.