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Polycystic ovary syndrome

Lancet, The, 2007
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder that affects about one in 15 women worldwide. The major endocrine disruption is excessive androgen secretion or activity, and a large proportion of women also have abnormal insulin activity.
Robert J Norman   +2 more
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Pediatric Annals, 2006
<p>Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous familial disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism and chronic anovulation with onset during the peripubertal years. PCOS was initially reported in 1935 as Stein-Leventhal syndrome. Clinical features include amenorrhea, hirsutism, obesity, and enlarged polycystic ovaries.
Constance Y, Baldwin   +1 more
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Polycystic ovaries

The British Journal of Radiology, 2002
Transvaginal ultrasound is currently the gold standard for diagnosing polycystic ovaries. The results of studies using ultrasound suggest a prevalence in young women of at least 20%. Between 5% and 10% of these women with polycystic ovaries shown on ultrasound will have the classical symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome such as infertility ...
K, Lakhani   +3 more
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Polycystic ovary syndrome

Frontiers of Medicine in China, 2010
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common gynecologic endocrinopathy. The pathogenesis of PCOS is associated with both heredity and environment. PCOS has adverse impacts on female endocrine, reproduction, and metabolism. PCOS can impact women's reproductive health, leading to anovulatory infertility and higher rate of early pregnancy loss.
Zi-Jiang, Chen, Yuhua, Shi
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Polycystic ovary syndrome

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2022
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects 5-18% of women, and is a reproductive, metabolic, and psychological condition with impacts across the lifespan. The cause is complex, and includes genetic and epigenetic susceptibility, hypothalamic and ovarian dysfunction, excess androgen exposure, insulin resistance, and adiposity-related mechanisms. Diagnosis
Anju E, Joham   +7 more
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2004
Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome have chronic anovulation and androgen excess not attributable to another cause. This condition occurs in approximately 4% of women. The fundamental pathophysiologic defect is unknown, but important characteristics include insulin resistance, hyperandrogenism, and altered gonadotropin dynamics.
Ertug Kovanci, John E. Buster
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POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 1997
The cardinal clinical features of PCOS are hirsutism and menstrual irregularity from anovulation. Obesity occurs in approximately 50% of hyperandrogenic anovulatory women, some of whom also have non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Underlying these clinical findings are several biochemical abnormalities, including LH hypersecretion ...
V T, Goudas, D A, Dumesic
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Nursing Clinics of North America, 2018
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a commonly occurring endocrine disorder characterized by hirsutism, anovulation, and polycystic ovaries. Often comorbid with insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and obesity, it also carries significant risk for the development of cardiovascular and metabolic sequelae, including diabetes and metabolic syndrome ...
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