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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) (cont.)

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pcos, polycystic ovarian syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, pregnancy and pcos, diet and pcos, metformin and pcos, ovarian drilling, signs of pcos, acne and pcos, Stein-Levinthal syndrome

Author and Editor

Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Editor: Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MCAP, Professor and Chair of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

References:

Ehrmann, DA. Polycystic ovary syndrome. N Engl J Med 2005; 352:1223.

American Society for Reproductive Medicine, "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome."


Last Editorial Review: 10/5/2009 12:04:11 PM

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