Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 1245-1246 , May 2008

Polycystic ovary syndrome is related to idiopathic intracranial hypertension according to magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance venography

  • Emine Cosar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Emine Cosar, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Osmangazi Mah. Bayindir sitesi, 105. sk. No. 65, 03100 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey (FAX: 90-272-213-30-66).
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  • Murat Cosar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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  • Gülengül Köken, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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  • Figen Kir Sahin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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  • Gülderen Caliskan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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  • Alpay Haktanir, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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  • Olcay Eser, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Yaman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Yilmazer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Received 14 May 2007 ,Revised 9 August 2007 ,Accepted 13 August 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)03174-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.031

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 1245-1246 , May 2008

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