The effects of metformin with lifestyle therapy in polycystic ovary syndrome: A randomized double-blind study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ladson, Gwinnett ^a   Dodson, William C ^b   Sweet, Stephanie D ^a   Archibong, Anthony E ^a   Kunselman, Allen R ^b   Demers, Laurence M ^b   Williams, Nancy I ^c   Coney, Ponjola ^d   Legro, Richard S ^b  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen; exercise; insulin action; nutrition; Ovarian function

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADULT; ALLERGY; APPETITE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BREAST TENDERNESS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYSMENORRHEA; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FLATULENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; INFLUENZA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SIDE EFFECT; SPOTTING; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH PAIN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASTE DISORDER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINITIS; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 79951952165     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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