Published 2014 | Version v1
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Influence of an oral contraceptive containing drospirenone on insulin sensitivity of healthy women

Description

Oral contraceptives (OCs) containing androgenic second and third generation progestins decrease insulin sensitivity (SI). In this study we investigated whether an oral contraceptive containing the anti-androgenic progestin drospirenone (DRSP) still alters SI. Lipid modifications were investigated as well.

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URL
http://hdl.handle.net/11567/976865
URN
urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/976865

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UNIGE