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Polycystic ovary syndrome is not associated with genetic variants that mark risk of type 2 diabetes.
Acta diabetologica - 1 Jun 2013
Saxena R, Welt C K
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder of irregular menses, hyperandrogenism and/or polycystic ovary morphology. A large proportion of women with PCOS also exhibit insulin resistance, β-cell dysfunction, impaired glucose tolerance and/or type 2 diabetes (T2D). We therefore hypothesized that genetic variants that predispose to risk of T2D also result in risk of PCOS. Variants robustly associated with T2D...
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