Do women with polycystic ovary syndrome really have predisposition to atherosclerosis?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-167

  Topcu, Semra ^a   Caliskan, Mustafa ^a   Gullu, Hakan ^a   Ozcimen, Emel Ebru ^a   Erdogan, Dogan ^a   Uckuyu, Ayla ^a   Zeyneloglu, Hulusi ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antherosclerosis; Aortic elastic properties; Aortic stiffness; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645330147     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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