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Influence of adrenal hyperandrogenism on the clinical and metabolic phenotype of women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Mar 2015
Alpañés Macarena, Luque-Ramírez Manuel, Martínez-García M Ángeles, Fernández-Durán Elena, Álvarez-Blasco Francisco, Escobar-Morreale Héctor Francisco
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OBJECTIVE: To study the impact of adrenal hyperandrogenism (AH; defined as DHEAS concentration >95th percentile of a healthy female control population) on cardiometabolic risk factors associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Academic hospital. PATIENT(S): Two-hundred ninety-eight consecutive women with PCOS, of whom 120 were obese (body mass index [BMI]...
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