Clinical, biochemical and ultrasonographic characteristics of Scandinavian women with PCOS

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 482-486

  Vanky, Eszter ^a   Kjøtrød, Sigrun ^a   Salvesen, Kjell Åsmund ^a   Romundstad, Pål ^a   Moen, Mette Haase ^a   Carlsen, Sven Magnus ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; Characteristics; Definition; Menstrual pattern; PCOS

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARAMETER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; C-PEPTIDE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENSTRUATION; NORWAY; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 2042514971     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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