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Insulin resistance after precocious pubarche: relation to PAI-1-675 4G/5G polymorphism, and opposing influences of prenatal and postnatal weight gain.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Oct 2007
López-Bermejo Abel, Casano-Sancho Paula, Petry Clive J, Jaramillo Adriana M, Rodríguez-González Francesc-Xavier, Dunger David B, de Zegher Francis, Ibáñez Lourdes
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The common promoter -675 4G/5G insertion/deletion polymorphism (indel) in the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) gene has been associated with quantitative components of the metabolic syndrome. We hypothesized that this polymorphism is associated with precocious pubarche (PP), a population known to be at risk for hyperinsulinaemic hyperandrogenism. DESIGN: A cross-sectional, hospital-based...
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