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Metabolic syndrome after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in women at high risk for hereditary breast ovarian cancer: a controlled observational study.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jan 2009
Michelsen Trond M, Pripp Are H, Tonstad Serena, Tropé Claes G, Dørum Anne
Abstract excerpt
Surgical menopause may increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The aim of this study was to determine the risk of metabolic syndrome in women who had undergone risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) because of increased risk of hereditary breast ovarian cancer (HBOC). A sample of...
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