Does postprandial hypersinsulinemia contribute to hyperandrogenism in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome?

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 88-91

  Panidis, D ^a,b   Rousso, D ^a   Skiadopoulos, S ^a   Vavilis, D ^a   Karayannis, B ^a   Petropoulos, P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Androgens; Insulin; Oral glycose tolerance test; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; FOOD; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERINSULINISM; KINETICS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030763003     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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