[HTML][HTML] Androgen production in women

HG Burger - Fertility and sterility, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: To describe the sources, production rates, circulating concentrations, and
regulatory mechanisms of the major androgen precursors and androgens in women.
Design: Review of the major published literature. Result (s): Quantitatively, women secrete
greater amounts of androgen than of estrogen. The major circulating steroids generally
classified as androgens include dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS),
dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione (A), testosterone (T), and …