Background: Genetic polymorphism is responsible for variations and individual differences. Polymorphism is a major factor of complex diseases with unknown etiology and cancer. Inconsistency in the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (monthly disorder, hirsutism, obesity, diabetes, infertility) is one of the major pathological complications of this syndrome. The present study was conducted to ...

This review touches on the historical links between epilepsy, seizures and the uterus and ovaries which have fascinated and misled physicians since Greco-Roman times. It then examines present knowledge of ovarian function and its effect on epileptic activity and vice versa before exploring the modern controversy about polycystic ovaries and the polycystic ovary syndrome, epilepsy and anticonvul...

More recently, in December 2012, the National Institutes of Health Office for Disease Prevention convened the first Evidencebased Methodology Workshop on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [11]. These discussions led participants to suggest modifications to the name polycystic ovary syndrome that would better define and recognize the reproductive features and the longterm metabolic risks associated with...

Obesity is worldwide spreading epidemic and deleteriously affects the metabolic reproductive functions of females. The results therapeutic lines provided for obese citrate-resistant women with polycystic ovary syndrome (CCR-POCS) were variable discrepant.

Introduction: A search was made on the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome with Chinese Herbal Medicine via Pub med The National Library of Medicine; six references to related research to polycystic ovary syndrome were found, although some had an indirect link and in Chinese. Another search was made using CISCOM database, one article in English was found. A further search for literature was ...

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a heterogeneous complex genetic disorder characterized by hyperandrogenemia hyperinsulinemia insulin resistance and chronic anovulation. it is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age with an enigmatic pathophysiologic and molecular basis. obesity hyperandrogenism and infertility occur frequently in pcos which mostly have a ...

objective: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is one of the most common endocrine disorders that is associated with different metabolic, reproductive and psychological consequences. the main aim of this study was to compare the sexual function and quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and healthy women. materials and methods: this is a causal-comparative study in which 129 women...

PCOS, features and diagnosis Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive endocrinological disorder among women of fertile age. The history of PCOS dates back to 1721. Sclerocystic changes were pointed out in the human ovary as early as 1844. However, the disorder was first described in 1935 by Stien & Leventhal in women who presented with amenorrhea, infertility and bilateral enla...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of metformin in improving clinical and biochemical features of polycystic ovary syndrome. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Randomised controlled trials that investigated the effect of metformin compared with either placebo or no treatment, or compared with an ovulation induction agent. SELECTION OF STUDIES 13 trials were includ...

background: the purpose of the study was to examine whether patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (sch) should be excluded before making a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos). methods: seven hundred sixteen patients, 462 with true pcos, 31 with pcos-sch, and 223 normal cycling women were enrolled. clinical, metabolic, and hormonal parameters among the groups were investigated. cont...