Is there a role for leptin in the endocrine and metabolic aberrations of polycystic ovary syndrome?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 535-541

  Gennarelli, G ^a   Holte, J ^a   Wide, L ^a   Berne, C ^a   Lithell, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Leptin; Obesity; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; C PEPTIDE; HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0031917642     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.535     Document Type: Article

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