Androgen-dependent syndromes
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Androgen-dependent syndromes are caused by the excessive production of adrenal or gonadal androgen
s by adrenal adenomas, carcinomas, or hyperplasia, Leydig cell tumors in men, and arrhenoblastomas and polycystic ovarian syndrome in women.
Androgen
Androgen, also called androgenic hormone or testoid, is the generic term for any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors...
s by adrenal adenomas, carcinomas, or hyperplasia, Leydig cell tumors in men, and arrhenoblastomas and polycystic ovarian syndrome in women.