Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 401-405 , August 2007

Increased plasma visfatin concentrations in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

  • Te-Fu Chan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Yi-Ling Chen, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Hung-Hseng Chen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Chien-Hung Lee, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Public Health, School of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Shiang-Bin Jong, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Eing-Mei Tsai, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eing-Mei Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 17 Floor, No. 37, Mingjhe Road, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan (FAX: 886-7-3110947).

Received 25 May 2006 ,Revised 15 November 2006 ,Accepted 27 November 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)04662-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.120

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 401-405 , August 2007

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