Developmental Programming: Excess Weight Gain Amplifies the Effects of Prenatal Testosterone Excess On Reproductive Cyclicity—Implication for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Steckler, Teresa L.;Herkimer, Carol;Dumesic, Daniel A.;Padmanabhan, Vasantha;
endocrinology2009Vol. 150pp. 1456-1465
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l.2009endocrinologydevelopmental
Abstract
Sheep exposed to testosterone (T) during early to midgestation exhibit reproductive defects that include hypergonadotropism, functional hyperandrogenism, polycy