Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis in a 33-Year-Old Woman with PCOS and Metabolic Syndrome: A Rare Scenario

    October 2019 in “ Case Reports ”
    Jojin Jose Chitten, Boblee James
    Studysummary This report describes the first known case of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in a woman under 40, associated with both metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovarian syndrome.
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