Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 492-498 , April 2010

Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and risk of insulin resistance in PCOS

  • Onder Celik

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Elif Yesilada

      Affiliations

    • Medical Biology and Genetics, Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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  • Seyma Hascalik

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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  • Nilufer Celik

      Affiliations

    • Biochemistry, Beydagi State Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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  • Ibrahim Sahin

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Inonu University, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey
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  • Lezzan Keskin

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Inonu University, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey
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  • Elif Ozerol

      Affiliations

    • Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

Received 17 March 2009 ,Revised 26 August 2009 ,Accepted 30 November 2009.

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 Dr Onder Celik graduated from the School of Medicine, Ege University, Turkey. He specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University. His main proficiency and research interest is in the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and his research is particularly focused on neo-oogenesis and intra-ovarian stem cell transplantation. Dr Celik is currently Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inonu University.

PII: S1472-6483(09)00291-0

doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.12.014

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