Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management
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Polycystic ovarian syndrome: diagnosis and management.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) affects 4% to 12% of women of reproductive age. The lack of well-defined diagnostic criteria makes identification of this common disease confusing to many clinicians. Also, with the varied manifestations of the disorder a patient may present to any one of several providers: an internist, family practitioner, nurse practitioner, pediatrician, gynecologist, derm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine & Research
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1539-4182,1554-6179
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2.1.13