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Metabolic syndrome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Essah PA, Nestler JE

Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0111, USA.

The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is high across all age groups. Dyslipidemia, particularly a decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, also is common in women with PCOS.

Published 26 June 2006 in Fertil Steril, 86: S18-9.
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