title: Serum luteinizing hormone levels are markedly increased and significantly correlated with Delta 4-androstenedione levels in lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: Lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome have markedly increased serum luteinizing hormone levels, which are significantly correlated with Delta(4)-androstenedione levels but not directly linked to insulin resistance.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Human Reproduction, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Panidis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farmakiotis
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rousso
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Katsikis
authors.forename: Anargyros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kourtis
authors.forename: Evanthia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diamanti-Kandarakis
mesh_terms: D000735:Androstenedione / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D013851:Thinness / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000735:Androstenedione; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone