Are Heavy Metal Exposure and Trace Element Levels Related to Metabolic and Endocrine Problems in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?
Kirmizi DA, Baser E, Turksoy VA, Kara M, Yalvac ES, Gocmen AY
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- 2020
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- Biological Trace Element Research
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Quantifies heavy metal burden in PCOS showing antimony and cadmium elevated with direct correlation to insulin resistance, while zinc depletion parallels findings in autism and autoimmune conditions—establishing metal dysregulation as a cross-condition pattern selecting for dysbiotic organisms. WikiBiome depends on this evidence to explain how endocrine dysbiosis (estrobolome expansion) emerges from metal-driven immune dysfunction and zinc-dependent barrier failure in reproductive disease.
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