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Decrease in adiponectin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome after an oral glucose tolerance test.

Panidis D, Farmakiotis D, Rousso D, Koliakos G, Kaltsas T, Krassas G

Division of Endocrinology and Human Reproduction, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. argic@med.auth.gr

Adiponectin levels are decreased after an oral glucose tolerance test. At t = 2 hours, they are increased in obese and overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome, compared with controls matched for body mass index.

Published 17 January 2005 in Fertil Steril, 83(1): 232-4.
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