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White blood cells levels and PCOS: direct and indirect relationship with obesity and insulin resistance, but not with hyperandogenemia

OBJECTIVE: To study white blood cells count (WBC) in women suffering from PCOS and compare these results with age and BMI-matched healthy women. The specific aim of this study was to assess the possible correlations of WBC with the major components of PCOS, obesity, insulin resistance and hyperandro...

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Published in:Hormones (Athens, Greece) Greece), 2015-01, Vol.14 (1), p.91-100
Main Authors: Papalou, Olga, Livadas, Sarantis, Karachalios, Athanasios, Tolia, Nikoleta, Kokkoris, Panayiotis, Tripolitakis, Konstantinos, Diamanti-Kandarakis, Evanthia
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