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Early onset adiposity: a pathway to polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents?
Hormones (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Diamanti-Kandarakis Evanthia, Christakou Charikleia D, Kandaraki Eleni, Alexandraki Krystallenia I
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is a heterogenous syndrome of unknown causation commonly associated with obesity. The particular timing of the onset of obesity may be important, since the earlier the onset of obesity the greater the severity of the metabolic and hormonal aberrations. Early postnatal life and peripubertal periods may be critical windows for the development of the "adiposity insult". The interaction of...
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