253 citations
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March 2006 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” This review discusses the hypothesis that polycystic ovary syndrome may originate in fetal life due to prenatal androgen exposure, but reports no new clinical results.
August 2023 in “Revista Contemporânea” This review examines the relationship between fetal metabolic programming and the development of polycystic ovary syndrome, highlighting maternal and environmental factors but reports no new experimental results.
7 citations
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January 2022 in “Animal Reproduction” This review examines rodent models to explore how maternal conditions like undernutrition, obesity, hypoxia, and androgen exposure affect fetal programming and metabolic outcomes in offspring, but presents no new clinical findings.
1 citations
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May 2023 in “Fertility and sterility” In this cohort study of young Danish men, self-reported older age at voice break was linked to certain reproductive hormone changes that suggest reduced male fecundity, but associations with semen characteristics and testicular volume were not statistically significant.
10 citations
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February 2007 in “Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity” This review discusses the early developmental origin of premature adrenarche and polycystic ovary syndrome and highlights potential utero-based mechanisms, reporting no new clinical findings.