Publications by authors named "Lukasz Blukacz"
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- * The study included 42 German and 143 Polish women with PCOS, alongside control groups, revealing that German participants had a higher severity of liver issues and specific genetic variants influenced liver stiffness in both cohorts differently.
- * The findings suggest that FLD in women with PCOS is influenced by genetic and metabolic factors, indicating that genetic testing could help predict liver disease progression in these patients.
The coexistence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and liver steatosis has been studied for years. The gold standards for the diagnosis of liver steatosis are liver biopsy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which are invasive and expensive methods. The main aim of this study is to check the usefulness of lipid accumulation product (LAP) and free androgen index (FAI) in the diagnosis of liver steatosis.
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