Paradoxical glycaemic response to surgical treatment of ovarian hyperthecosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes

Authors

  • Kate E Shipman Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Good Hope Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, UK
  • Chandni Sinha Medical School, University of Birmingham, UK
  • Sanjay Saraf Department of Acute Medicine, Walsall Manor Hospital, UK
  • John J Milles Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Good Hope Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, UK
  • Michael Moloney Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Good Hope Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, UK
  • Sudarshan Ramachandran Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Good Hope Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15277/bjdvd.2014.039

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Published

2015-03-02

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2015)

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Case Reports

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