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DHEA,S blood test is a work up women with infertility, amenorrhea, or hirsutism, to identify the source of excessive androgen; aid in the evaluation of androgen excess (hirsutism and/or virilization), including Stein-Leventhal syndrome and adrenocortical diseases, including congenital adrenal hyperplasia and adrenal tumor. DHEA-S levels are not increased with hypopituitarism. It is low in Addison disease. No doctors order needed. No additional fees. You receive a copy of the results. Not available in New York or California.

DHEA-Sulfate

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DHEA sulfate is the major steroid of the fetal adrenal. DHEA-S is the principal adrenal androgen and is secreted together with cortisol under the control of ACTH and prolactin. DHEA-S is elevated with hyperprolactinemia.

Elevated levels may be found in the adrenogenital syndrome³ or adrenocortical neoplasms or hyperplasias. In females and children, DHEA excess causes masculinization.

Increased 3-α-androstanediol glucuronide indicates excessive androgen in peripheral tissues. Persistent anovulation, the polycystic ovary, or Stein-Leventhal syndrome is characterized by increases of circulating levels of testosterone, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone, and DHEA-S. 17-hydroxyprogesterone and DHEA-S are only mildly increased compared to cases of adrenal hyperplasia. Patients with androgen-producing adrenal tumors also have moderate increases of 17-KS.

Testosterone is derived from ovaries, adrenals, and the peripheral tissues. Increased DHEA with normal testosterone provides evidence for an adrenal cause of excessive androgen. Low levels are found in amniotic fluid in Down syndrome.⁴

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