[News] Metabolic syndrome in polycystic ovary syndrome

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Metabolic  syndrome in polycystic ovary syndrome

Minerva Ginecol. 2006  Apr;58(2):109-14

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Metabolic  syndrome is much more common in women with PCOS than in the 
general female  population of similar age.  In the USA, almost 50% of women with 
PCOS also  have metabolic syndrome.