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Heritability of Insulin Secretion and Insulin Action in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Their First Degree Relatives1
1 May 2001
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), one of the most common endocrine disorders of reproductive age women, is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Defects in both insulin action and insulin secretion contribute to this predisposition to diabetes, but the extent to which these defects are heritable among PCOS families has not been examined. In the present study we used the frequently sampled...
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