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Insulin resistance and the polycystic ovary syndrome revisited: an update on mechanisms and implications.
Endocrine reviews - 1 Dec 2012
Diamanti-Kandarakis Evanthia, Dunaif Andrea
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is now recognized as an important metabolic as well as reproductive disorder conferring substantially increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Affected women have marked insulin resistance, independent of obesity. This article summarizes the state of the science since we last reviewed the field in the Endocrine Reviews in 1997. There is general agreement that obese women with PCOS are...
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