Obesity as disruptor of the female fertility
Abstract Both obesity and overweight are increasing worldwide and have detrimental influences on several human body functions including the reproductive health. In particular, obese women undergo perturbations of the ‘hypothalamic pituitary ovarian axis’, and frequently suffer of menstrual dysfuncti...
Main Authors: | Erica Silvestris, Giovanni de Pergola, Raffaele Rosania, Giuseppe Loverro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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Series: | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12958-018-0336-z |
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