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Polycystic ovary syndrome and abnormal glucose tolerance
Author(s) -
Teede Helena J,
Stuckey Bronwyn G A
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01271.x
Subject(s) - polycystic ovary , family medicine , medicine , diabetes mellitus , library science , gerontology , management , endocrinology , insulin resistance , computer science , economics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 17 September 2007 187 6 324-325 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2007 www.mja.com.au Editorials aemia driving both androgen production and andro ability as the key diagnostic feature.1-3 In PCOS, insu not only contributes to symptoms, but also has ser including infertility, impaired glucose tolerance, sevenfold increase in diabetes and a potentially inc cardiovascular disease. PCOS affects an estimated 400 000 Australian w Potentially serious metabolic sequelae make diagnosis and intervention imperatives