Relationship of androgenic activity to body fat topography, fat cell morphology, and metabolic aberrations in premenopausal women.

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Summary

It is proposed that in premenopausal women, a relative increase in tissue exposure to unbound androgens may be responsible in part for localization of fat in the upper body, enlargement of abdominal adipocytes, and the accompanying imbalance in glucose-insulin homeostasis.

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1983-08-01
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Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Insulin, Testosterone (patch), Sex hormone-binding globulin

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