Hypophyseal-ovarian Axis in Obese Women
Authors:
P. Čepický
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav pro péči o matku a dítě, Praha, ředitel ing. V. Wollmuth
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 1999; (1): 15-17
Category:
Overview
A review dealing with the relationship between female obesity and disorders of the menstrualcycle and hormonal changes in obese women. Attention is paid to the effect of sex steroids onthe adipose tissue distribution, the amount of body fat during puberty, in postmenopausalwomen, women taking hormonal substitution therapy and in the polycystic ovary syndrome.
Key words:
female obesity - hypophyseal-ovarian axis - hormonal changes - polycystic ovarysyndrome.
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General practitioner for children and adolescents General practitioner for adultsArticle was published in
General Practitioner
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