List of works by Francisco Alvarez-Blasco

A study of the hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase gene R453Q and 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 gene 83557insA polymorphisms in the polycystic ovary syndrome.

scientific article published on 12 April 2005

Androgen excess is associated with the increased carotid intima-media thickness observed in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published on 11 October 2007

Antiandrogenic contraceptives increase serum adiponectin in obese polycystic ovary syndrome patients

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Body iron stores are increased in overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

scientific article published in August 2005

Comparison of ethinyl-estradiol plus cyproterone acetate versus metformin effects on classic metabolic cardiovascular risk factors in women with the polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published on 10 April 2007

Diagnosis of disorders of glucose tolerance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at a tertiary care center: fasting plasma glucose or oral glucose tolerance test?

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Effects of metformin versus ethinyl-estradiol plus cyproterone acetate on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and carotid intima media thickness in women with the polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published on 18 June 2008

Global adiposity and thickness of intraperitoneal and mesenteric adipose tissue depots are increased in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

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Increased body iron stores of obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome are a consequence of insulin resistance and hyperinsulinism and are not a result of reduced menstrual losses

scientific article published on 29 May 2007

Mutations in the hereditary hemochromatosis gene are not associated with the increased body iron stores observed in overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Obesity impairs general health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in premenopausal women to a greater extent than polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Obesity is the major determinant of the abnormalities in blood pressure found in young women with the polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published on 27 March 2007

Role of haptoglobin in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), obesity and disorders of glucose tolerance in premenopausal women.

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Serum osteoprotegerin concentrations are decreased in women with the polycystic ovary syndrome.

scientific article published on 25 June 2008

Serum uric acid concentration as non-classic cardiovascular risk factor in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: effect of treatment with ethinyl-estradiol plus cyproterone acetate versus metformin.

scientific article published on 27 March 2008

The PON1-108C/T polymorphism, and not the polycystic ovary syndrome, is an important determinant of reduced serum paraoxonase activity in premenopausal women

scientific article published on 31 July 2006

The decrease in serum IL-18 levels after bariatric surgery in morbidly obese women is a time-dependent event

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

The increase in serum visfatin after bariatric surgery in morbidly obese women is modulated by weight loss, waist circumference, and presence or absence of diabetes before surgery

scientific article published on 19 March 2008

The striking similarities in the metabolic associations of female androgen excess and male androgen deficiency

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