Clinical Assessment of Body Hair Growth in Japanese Women The Relationship between a Grade of Hirsutism and the Menstrual Status

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  • ICHIKAWA,Yayoi
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nagoya University School of Medicine
  • ASAI,Mitsuoki
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nagoya University School of Medicine
  • MASAHASHI,Tetsuo
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nagoya University School of Medicine
  • WU,Ming-Chao
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nagoya University School of Medicine
  • OHSAWA,Masami
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nagoya University School of Medicine
  • NARITA,Osamu
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nagoya University School of Medicine
  • TOMODA,Yutaka
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nagoya University School of Medicine

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  • 本邦性成熟婦人の多毛症に関する臨床統計的研究 : 多毛症と月経異常との関連について

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Three hundred and sixty-nine volunteer women and 308 outpatients were studied to clarify the criteria of hirsutism and the relationship between a grade of hirsutism and menstrual status in Japanese women. The body hair growth was assessed according to the modified score system described by Ferriman and Gallway. The menstrual status was classified into six groups based on basal body temperature. The hair growth score calculated in volunteers tended to be lower than that of western women in most sites. Therefore one criterion of hirsutism in Japanese women should be a score of more than 6 points in our system. There was a close correlation between body hair growth and menstrual status. As a result, it can be considered that the systematic assessment of body hair growth is useful in diagnosing and treating some irregular menstrual patients.

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