Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 699-708 , September 2008

Low-density lipoprotein receptor–related protein-5 C/T polymorphism in exon 18 is associated with C peptide and proinsulin levels in control women and patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

  • Bela Bendlova, M.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bela Bendlova, M.Sc., Ph.D., Institute of Endocrinology, Narodni 8, Prague 1, 11694, Czech Republic (FAX: 420224-905-235).
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  • Marketa Vankova, M.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Katerina Zajickova, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Martin Hill, D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Adela Zemanova, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • David Cibula, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Daniela Vejrazkova, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Petra Lukasova, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Josef Vcelak, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Karel Vondra, M.D., D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Jana Vrbikova, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Received 15 December 2006 ,Revised 25 June 2007 ,Accepted 25 June 2007.

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 Supported by grants of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic 301/04/1085 and Internal Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic NR/7809-5 and 8759-3.

 Presented in part at the conjoint American Society for Reproductive Medicine and Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society meeting, Montreal, Canada, October 15–19, 2005.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01430-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.076

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 699-708 , September 2008