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Sleeve gastrectomy to treat concomitant polycystyc ovary syndrome, insulin and leptin resistance in a 27-years morbidly obese woman unresponsive to insulin-sensitizing drugs: A 3-year follow-up

INTRODUCTION: Insulin resistance (IR), leptin resistance (LR), and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) commonly coexists with obesity. IR and PCOS are often successfully treated with the use of insulin-sensitizing drugs (ISDs). However, some women are poorly responsive or intolerant to them. If we addi...

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Autores principales: Schiavo, Luigi, Scalera, Giuseppe, Barbarisi, Alfonso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4701753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26520034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.10.015