Adult Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Begins in Childhood

    June 2002 in “ Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ”
    Stephen Franks
    Studysummary This article reviews polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents, highlighting its endocrine and metabolic features, and reports no new clinical findings; the etiology may involve early-life abnormalities in androgen production.
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    Research cited in this study 3

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