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...

BACKGROUND The Canadian and American Diabetes Associations recommend the use of an oral glucose tolerance test to screen for abnormal glucose tolerance among women with polycystic ovary syndrome when their fasting plasma glucose level is 5.7 mmol/L or more (Canadian guideline) and 5.6 mmol/L or more (American). Our objective was to determine the predictive value of 5.6 mmol/L as a fasting plasm...

This guideline has been produced to provide information, based on clinical evidence, to assist clinicians with a special interest and for updating the generalist who manages women with polycystic ovary syndrome, to allow them to advise women about the long-term health consequences of the syndrome. This guideline does not cover infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which ...

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common female endocrine disorders. PCOS is a complex heterogeneous disorder of uncertain etiology, but there is strong evidence that it can, to a large degree, be classified as a genetic disease. Other names for this syndrome include polycystic ovary disease, functional ovarian hyperandrogenism, ovarian hyperthecosis, sclerocystic ovary synd...

OBJECTIVE To study the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, taking into account maternal characteristics and assisted reproductive technology. DESIGN Population based cohort study. SETTING Singleton births registered in the Swedish medical birth register between 1995 and 2007. PARTICIPANTS By linkage with the Swedish patient register, 3787 births amo...

BACKGROUND Whether electroacupuncture is effective for patients with polycystic ovary syndrome is still inconclusive. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the add-on effects of electroacupuncture to conventional drugs for the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. METHODS/DESIGN This study is a two-center, open-labeled, randomized, controlled trial. A total of 116 eligible patients with po...

polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a common endocrine / metabolic disorder in women of reproductive age .abdominal adiposity and obesity are frequently present in pcos. it now appears that, obesity is associated with a low-grade inflammation of white adipose tissue. adipokines play a significant role in the pathogenesis of a low-grade inflammation associated with obesity. among variety of adip...

abstract background: recently there is a focus on the antioxidants as adjuvant treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos), the most endocrinopathy in reproductive age women. objective: the aim of this review is answer to the question whether antioxidants are effective for managing of hormonal and metabolic problems in women with pcos based on first degree evidences from iran. materials and m...

objective: to compared serum crp levels and biochemical relation in pcos patients with normal iranian women. materials and methods: this case-control study was performed on 52 individuals with pcos (rotterdam 2003 criteria). the cases were compared to 104 healthy non-pcos, 20 to 35-year-old female subjects with no history of diabetes or renal diseases. blood samples were taken on the 2(nd) to t...