American association of clinical endocrinologists, American college of endocrinology, and androgen excess and pcos society disease state clinical review: Guide to the best practices in the evaluation and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome - Part 2

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1415-1426

  Goodman, Neil F ^a   Cobin, Rhoda H ^b   Futterweit, Walter ^b   Glueck, Jennifer S ^c   Legro, Richard S ^d   Carmina, Enrico ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Reproductive and Endocrine Health   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; METFORMIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AMENORRHEA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFERTILITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ALGORITHM; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ALGORITHMS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE STYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84979819088     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP15748.DSCPT2     Document Type: Review

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