The phenotype of polycystic ovary syndrome ameliorates with aging

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1259-1265

  Brown, Zoe A ^a   Louwers, Yvonne V ^a   Fong, Sharon Lie ^a   Valkenburg, Olivier ^a   Birnie, Erwin ^a   De Jong, Frank H ^a   Fauser, Bart C J M ^b   Laven, Joop S E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aging; hyperandrogenism; insulin resistance; ovarian dysfunction; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGING; AMENORRHEA; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NETHERLANDS; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055015119     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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