Metformin and weight loss in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Comparison of doses

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4593-4598

  Harborne, Lyndal R ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^a   Norman, Jane E ^a   Fleming, Richard ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HORMONE; METFORMIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METFORMIN; OBESITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 23844436916     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-2283     Document Type: Article

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