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Causes and Consequences of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Insights From Mendelian Randomization.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 17 Feb 2022
Zhu Tiantian, Goodarzi Mark O
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CONTEXT: Although polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting women of reproductive age, risk factors that may cause the syndrome are poorly understood. Based on epidemiologic studies, PCOS is thought to cause several adverse outcomes such as cardiovascular disease; however, the common presence of comorbidities such as obesity may be responsible for such associations, rather than...
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