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20 - Lifestyle, diet, and exercise in polycystic ovary syndrome

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2015

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Elizabeth Burt  and
Rina Agrawal
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Botros R. M. B. Rizk
Leo Plouffe, Jr
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Botros R. M. B. Rizk
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University of South Alabama
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Androgens in Gynecological Practice , pp. 208 - 215
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Print publication year: 2015

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