Weight control and its beneficial effect on fertility in women with obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome

Amenorrhea associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries

1935 • 2,057 citations

Correlation of Hyperandrogenism with Hyperinsulinism in Polycystic Ovarian Disease*

1980 • 910 citations

Metformin therapy in polycystic ovary syndrome reduces hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, hyperandrogenemia, and systolic blood pressure, while facilitating normal menses and pregnancy

1994 • 854 citations

Decreases in Ovarian Cytochrome P450c17α Activity and Serum Free Testosterone after Reduction of Insulin Secretion in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

1996 • 745 citations

REVIEW ARTICLE: THE POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

1980 • 702 citations

POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME: A CHANGING PERSPECTIVE

1989 • 533 citations

Lipoprotein Lipid Concentrations and Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

1985 • 481 citations

The Gonadotropic Function of Insulin*

1987 • 454 citations

Clinical and Hormonal Characteristics of Obese Amenorrheic Hyperandrogenic Women Before and After Weight Loss*

1989 • 442 citations

Insulin, somatotropic, and luteinizing hormone axes in lean and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: common and distinct features.

1996 • 408 citations

Biology of regional body fat distribution: Relationship to non‐insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus

1989 • 393 citations

DIFFERENCES IN CLINICAL AND ENDOCRINE FEATURES BETWEEN OBESE AND NON‐OBESE SUBJECTS WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME: AN ANALYSIS OF 263 CONSECUTIVE CASES

1990 • 365 citations

Detection of Functional Ovarian Hyperandrogenism in Women with Androgen Excess

1992 • 321 citations

On the Paradox of Insulin-Induced Hyperandrogenism in Insulin-Resistant States

1991 • 259 citations

The impact of obesity on hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovary syndrome in premenopausal women*

1993 • 226 citations

Effects of Exogenous β_h-Endorphin on Pituitary Hormone Secretionand Its Disappearance Rate in Normal Human Subjects*

1981 • 165 citations

The Relation of Obesity to Menstrual Disturbances

1952 • 156 citations

Sex Steroid, Gonadotropin, Cortisol, and Prolactin Levels in Healthy, Massively Obese Women: Correlation with Abdominal Fat Cell Size and Effect of Weight Reduction*

1986 • 122 citations

Body fat distribution has weight-independent effects on clinical, hormonal, and metabolic features of women with polycystic ovary syndrome

1994 • 120 citations

Beta-Endorphin and the Endocrine Pancreas

1983 • 120 citations

Weight loss is associated with correction of gonadotropin and sex steroid abnormalities in the obese anovulatory female

1984 • 104 citations

Effect of weight loss and antiandrogenic therapy on sex hormone blood levels and insulin resistance in obese patients with polycystic ovaries

1986 • 94 citations

Diet, lifestyle, and menstrual activity

1980 • 71 citations

Reduction of Hyperinsulinemia and Insulin Resistance by Opiate Receptor Blockade in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with Acanthosis Nigricans*

1987 • 32 citations