Prevalence of the polycystic ovary syndrome in unselected black and white women of the Southeastern United States: A prospective study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3078-3082

  Knochenhauer, E S ^a   Key, T J ^a   Kahsar Miller, M ^b   Waggoner, W ^a   Boots, L R ^a   Azziz, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Center for Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALABAMA; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOMENORRHEA; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031773509     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.9.3078     Document Type: Article

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