Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1799-1804 , October 2010

Chlamydia antibodies and self-reported symptoms of oligo-amenorrhea and hirsutism: A new etiologic factor in polycystic ovary syndrome?

This work was presented as a poster at the 43d European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting, which was held on September 18–21, 2007, in Amsterdam.

  • Laure C. Morin-Papunen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Laure C. Morin-Papunen, M.D., Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, PL 24, FIN 90029 OYS, Oulu, Finland (FAX: 358-8-3154310).
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  • Antoni J. Duleba, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
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  • Aini Bloigu, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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  • Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Pekka Saikku, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostics, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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  • Anneli Pouta, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    • Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland

Received 22 June 2009 ,Revised 9 October 2009 ,Accepted 13 October 2009.

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 L.C.M.-P. has nothing to disclose. A.J.D. has nothing to disclose. A.B. has nothing to disclose. M.-R.J. has nothing to disclose. P.S. has nothing to disclose. A.P. has nothing to disclose.

 This study was funded by the Academy of Finland.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03883-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.021

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1799-1804 , October 2010

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