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Metabolic syndrome and its components in different phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome.
Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews - 1 Jan 2022
Krentowska Anna, Kowalska Irina
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting reproductive-age women. Important factors in its pathogenesis are hyperinsulinaemia and insulin resistance, which lead to higher risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its complications. With the implementation of the Rotterdam diagnostic criteria in 2003, the group of PCOS patients became highly heterogeneous, with varying metabolic risk...
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