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Variation in the perilipin gene (PLIN) affects glucose and lipid metabolism in non-Hispanic white women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Dec 2009
Kawai Toshihide, Ng Maggie C Y, Hayes M Geoffrey, Yoshiuchi Issei, Tsuchiya Takafumi, Robertson Heather, Cox Nancy J, Polonsky Kenneth S, Bell Graeme I, Ehrmann David A
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders in women. It is characterized by chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism, obesity and a predisposition to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Since obesity plays an important role in the etiology of PCOS, we sought to deter...
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