background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a disorder in which there are numerous benign cysts that form on ovaries under a thick white covering that is one of the causes of infertility. follistatin is a single chain glycosylated polypeptide that can bind to activin. when follistatin binds to activin it suppresses the role of activin to stimulate the secretion of follicle stimulating hormo...

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...

In this second overview of the current management of infertility we discuss anovulatory infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome. This syndrome (formerly known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome) is the most common hormonal disturbance in women—around one fifth of women in the United Kingdom are affected. It is also themost common reason for women not to ovulate, and the combination of being overweig...

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...

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: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is prevalent in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the relationship between dyslipidemia vitamin status close. This meta-analysis was to evaluate effect of (alone or with co-supplementation) on lipid profile PCOS patients.

Women are usually diagnosed when in their 20s or 30s, but PCOS may also affect teenage girls. The symptoms often begin when a girl's periods start. Women with this disorder often have a mother or sister who has symptoms similar to those of PCOS. The main features are obesity, anovulation or amenorrhea, acne, and excessive hair growth. It is thought to be one of the leading causes of female infe...

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is the most common chronic endocrine disorder. it has significant and diverse clinical consequences including reproductive, metabolic, and psychological morbidities as well as predisposition to malignancies. it is unclear how women with pcos experience symptoms of this syndrome. objectives: the aim of this study was to clarify the dimensions and comp...

conclusions while the expression of visfatin and resistin may be upregulated in women with pcos, it is not translated at serum level. results serum levels of resistin were higher among both obese and normal-weight women with pcos in comparison with the controls (2.36 and 1.58 ng/ml in normal-weight women with pcos and controls, respectively; and 2.10 and 1.91 ng/ml in obese women with pcos and ...