11β-hydroxyandrostenedione: a marker of adrenal function in hirsutism**Supported by the Physicians of Ontario through a grant from the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.††Presented in part at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 9 to 11, 1989.

To assess the role of the adrenal glands in the development of hirsutism, levels of 11 beta-hydroxyandrostenedione (11 beta-OHA), 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP), dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), androstenedione (delta 4A), and free and total testosterone (T) were measured in 63 hirsute females and 30 control patients. Six of the hirsute patients had basal levels of 11 beta-OHA and 17-OHP and responses to adrenocorticotropic …