Birth weight and polycystic ovary syndrome in adult life: is there a causal link?

Birth weight and polycystic ovary syndrome in adult life: is there a causal link?

Several studies have demonstrated associations of birth weight with metabolic and reproductive abnormalities in adults. The aim of this study was to investigate the birth weight in women with PCOS and its correlation with clinical and biochemical characteristics of the syndrome.We studied 288 women...

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Main Authors: Stavroula A Paschou, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Evangeline Vassilatou, Maria Mizamtsidi, Maria Panagou, Dimitrios Lilis, Ioanna Tzavara, Andromachi Vryonidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4366082?pdf=render

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