Estimated prevalence of undiagnosed glucose intolerance from hyperandrogenic anovulation among women requesting electrolysis

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-260

  Dumesic, Daniel A ^a,b   Herrmann, Rebekah R ^a,b   O'Brien, Ann M ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Baltimore Intl Inst of Electrology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrology; Hyperandrogenic anovulation; Obesity; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROLYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERANDROGENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGENS; ANOVULATION; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTROLYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031414813     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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