Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Role of Hyperhomocysteinemia and Insulin Resistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Chakraborty, Pratip ^a   Goswami, S K ^a   Rajani, Shweta ^a   Sharma, Sunita ^a   Kabir, Syed N ^b   Chakravarty, Baidyanath ^a   Jana, Kuladip ^c  

^a Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^c BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCESS MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ABORTION, HABITUAL; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877975272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064446     Document Type: Article

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