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@entity1 @entity3610 @entity308 @entity28 @entity3362 @entity3428 @entity458 @entity2648 @entity3800 @entity3427 @entity250
INTRODUCTION: In @entity3610 ( @entity3610 ) @entity1 , the changes in body appearance (mainly @entity28 and @entity3427 ) may influence the feminine identity of the @entity1 with consequent @entity308 and @entity458 . AIM: To evaluate if lean @entity3610 @entity1 present an increased incidence of @entity308 and @entity250 in comparison with controls and if clitoral volume and vascularization are influenced by circulating @entity3800 levels. METHODS: 25 lean @entity3610 @entity1 (Group I) and 18 healthy nonhirsute volunteers (Group II) were submitted, on day 3-5 of the cycle, to ultrasonographic and Doppler analyses, and to hormonal and biochemical evaluations. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Utero-ovarian and clitoral ultrasonographic analysis, and color Doppler evaluation of the uterine, stromal ovarian, and dorsal clitoral arteries. Hormonal and @entity2648 / @entity3362 plasma concentrations were analyzed. Each @entity1 filled in the 2-factor Italian McCoy female questionnaire (MFSQ) and the Beck's @entity308 Inventory questionnaire (BDI). RESULTS: Androgens resulted, as expected, more elevated in @entity3610 @entity1 than in controls. However, the ultrasonographic (US) assessment of the clitoral body volume evidenced no significant differences between @entity3610 (0.72+/-0.41 mL) and control (0.62+/-0.20 mL) @entity1 . The resistances registered at the level of the dorsal clitoral artery did not show any difference between Group I (PI=1.55+/-0.40) and Group II (PI=1.79+/-0.38). The 2-factor Italian MFSQ and the BDI did not show any difference between @entity3610 @entity1 and controls. CONCLUSIONS: In @entity3610 @entity1 , probably, the moderate @entity3427 and @entity3428 do not induce the sense of loss of feminine identity and have no impact on @entity458 .
