Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 649-655, March 2008

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Brazilian women with polycystic ovary syndrome

  • Elvira Maria Mafaldo Soares, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Tocoginecologia, Maternidade Escola Januário Cicco, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil
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  • George Dantas Azevedo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: George Dantas Azevedo, Ph.D., Departamento de Morfologia do Centro de Biociências, Campus Universitário, BR 101, Lagoa Nova, Natal-RN, Brasil 59078-970 (FAX: +55-84-32119207).
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  • Rafael Gonçalves Nóbrega Gadelha, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Tocoginecologia, Maternidade Escola Januário Cicco, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil
    • ,
  • Telma Maria Araújo Moura Lemos, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil
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  • Técia Maria Oliveira Maranhão, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Tocoginecologia, Maternidade Escola Januário Cicco, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil

Received 2 January 2007; received in revised form 28 March 2007; accepted 28 March 2007. published online 01 June 2007.

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 Supported in part by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, and Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (FAPERN) (Convênio 0146.00/04-CNPq/FAPERN, projeto: 673.923254).

PII: S0015-0282(07)00820-5

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.081

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 649-655, March 2008

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