Article
Hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans. 10 years of progress.
The Journal of reproductive medicine - 1 May 1994
Barbieri R L
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic ovary disease is a heterogeneous endocrinopathy with many interacting causal factors. One potential such factor is chronic hyperinsulinemia. Multiple, independent lines of evidence support the contention that chronic hyperinsulinemia causes ovarian hyperandrogenism. This evidence inclu...
Topics
- Acanthosis Nigricans
- Causality
- Chronic Disease
- Fasting
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Humans
- Hyperandrogenism
- Hyperinsulinism
- Insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Receptor, Insulin
- Syndrome
- Testosterone