Infertility and polycystic ovarian syndrome: A study of association between body mass index and intrafamily marriages

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Haq, Fauzia ^a   Rizvi, Javed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Infertility; Insulin resistance; Obesity; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFERTILITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME;

EID: 44849116570     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113309     Document Type: Article

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