Prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in women from opposite-sex twin pairs

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1987-1990

  Kuijper, Esther A M ^a   Vink, Jacqueline M ^b   Lambalk, Cornelis B ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ACNE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY MASS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPOUSE; UTERUS;

EID: 66749116084     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0191     Document Type: Article

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