Polycystic ovaries and the polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype in women with active acromegaly

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 917-922

  Kaltsas, Gregory A ^a,b,c   Androulakis, Ioannis I ^c   Tziveriotis, Kostas ^c   Papadogias, Dimitrios ^c   Tsikini, Aggeliki ^c   Makras, Polysois ^c   Dimitriou, Konstantina ^c   Stathopoulou, Alexandra ^c   Piaditis, George ^c  

^a Endocrine Unit   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 36248953861     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02987.x     Document Type: Article

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