PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Taryn Smith
AU  - Pelin Batur
TI  - Prescribing testosterone and DHEA: The role of androgens in women
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.88a.20030
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 35--43
VI  - 88
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/1/35.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/1/35.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2021 Jan 01; 88
AB  - In women, the androgens testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) play important physiologic roles in reproductive tissues, mood, cognition, the breast, bone, muscle, vasculature, and other systems. This article reviews the effects of androgens in women, as well as the indications and best-practice recommendations for the use of androgen therapy.