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Beneficial effect of metformin on pregnancy outcome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome is not associated with major changes in C-reactive protein levels or indices of coagulation.

Vanky E, Salvesen KA, Hjorth-Hansen H, Bjerve K, Carlsen SM

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. eszter.vanky@medisin.ntnu.no

In women with polycystic ovary syndrome, C-reactive protein levels and D-dimer, antithrombin III, activated protein C resistance, and activated partial thromboplastin time were unaffected by metformin treatment throughout pregnancy. Protein C levels increased slightly in the metformin group compared with the placebo group.

Published 27 February 2006 in Fertil Steril, 85(3): 770-4.
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