A study on clinical and sonographic features in obese and nonobese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 467-471

  Siddiqui, Imran Akhtar ^a   Tamimi, Waleed ^a,b   Tamim, Hani ^a   AlEisa, Nada ^a   Adham, Maysoon ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77950627431     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1124-y     Document Type: Article

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