The prevalence of polycystic ovaries in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Conn, Jennifer J ^a   Jacobs, Howard S ^a   Conway, Gerard S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033963780     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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