Hyperandrogenism controversy in elite women’s sport: an examination and critique of recent evidence

Peter H Sőnksen; L Dawn Bavington; Tan Boehning; David Cowan; Nishan Guha; Richard Holt; Katrina Karkazis; Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith; Jovan Mircetic; Dankmar Bőhning

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-098446

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Hyperandrogenism controversy in elite women’s sport: an examination and critique of recent evidence

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Peter H Sőnksen Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Department of Endocrinology, St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Dawn Bavington School of Physical Education, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tan Boehning Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Cowan Department of Pharmacy and Forensic Science, Drug Control Centre, King’s College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nishan Guha Clinical Biochemistry, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Holt Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Katrina Karkazis Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jovan Mircetic Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University, Dresden, Saxony, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dankmar Bőhning Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Peter H Sőnksen, East Wing Preshaw House, Preshaw, Southampton, Southampton SO32 1HP, UK; PHSonksen{at}aol.com

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Sőnksen PH, Bavington LD, Boehning T, et al

Hyperandrogenism controversy in elite women’s sport: an examination and critique of recent evidence

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52:1481-1482.

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Accepted December 13, 2017
First published January 19, 2018.

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October 11, 2022

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