Leptin concentrations in hirsute women with polycystic ovary syndrome or idiopathic hirsutism: Influence on LH and relationship with hormonal, metabolic, and anthropometric measurements

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1340-1346

  Spritzer, P M ^a,b   Poy, M ^a   Wiltgen, D ^a,b   Mylius, L S ^a   Capp, E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Idiopathic hirsutism; Insulin resistance; Leptin; LH; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GONADORELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIRSUTISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034947187     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.7.1340     Document Type: Article

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