Are young adult women with polycystic ovary syndrome slipping through the healthcare cracks?

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1583-1585

  Dokras, Anuja ^a   Witchel, Selma Feldman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFERTILITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE;

EID: 84899947278     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-4190     Document Type: Article

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