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Influences of weight, body fat patterning and nutrition on the management of PCOS.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Oct 1997
Lefebvre P, Bringer J, Renard E, Boulet F, Clouet S, Jaffiol C
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous clinical entity that is defined as the association of hyperandrogenism with chronic anovulation in women without specific underlying diseases of the adrenal or pituitary glands. PCOS is also associated with a metabolic disturbance (insulin resistance). The nature of the complex interrelation of obesity, insulin resistance and endocrine abnormalities in PCOS...
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