Relative androgen excess during the menopausal transition predicts incident metabolic syndrome in midlife women: study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

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Published in Menopause on June 11, 2009

Authors

Javier I Torréns1, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Xinhua Zhao, Karen Matthews, Sarah Brockwell, Maryfran Sowers, Nanette Santoro

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Women's Health, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA. jitmdaendo@comcast.net

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