Effect of weight loss and antiandrogenic therapy on sex hormone blood levels and insulin resistance in obese patients with polycystic ovaries
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Vol. 154 (1) , 139-144
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9378(86)90410-2
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