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. Inadequate follicle-stimulating hormone is hypothesized to be a...

objective: to review the potential role and specific impact of statin drugs in women with pcos. the evidence for this use of statins in pcos is limited and still under further investigation. materials and methods: a search was conducted using pubmed, dynamed and pubmedhealth databases through october 16, 2016 using the terms polycystic ovary syndrome, pcos, hydroxymethylglutaryl-coa reductase i...

abstract background: polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most common endocrine disorders with a prevalence of 5-10% in women. this syndrome is one of the major causes for menstrual disorders and is treated by medicational and non-medicational methods. this study aimed to define the effect of auriculotherapy on menstruation disorders in girls with polycystic ovarian syndrome. materials and...

background: polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos) is a common endocrinopathy that accompanied with long term complications. the early diagnosis of this syndrome can prevent it. objective: the aim was to determine the role of anti-mullerian hormon (amh) in pcos diagnosis and to find cut off level of it. materials and methods: in this cross sectional study, 117 women between 20-40 years old were par...

abstract objective: insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are common among the women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos). familial aggregation of pcos has implications on the role of heredity in this disease. the aim of this study was to evaluate insulin resistance among the fathers, mothers, and siblings of the women with pcos referring to the clinics affiliated to shiraz university of m...

A study to asess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome and its contributing factors among late adolescent girls in selected colleges at Nagpur city

conclusions: anthropometric, biochemical, and ultrasonographic findings showed significant differences among pcos subgroups. the pcos subgroups with regular menstrual cycles (ha+pco), had high insulin resistance (ir) and gonadotropic hormonal abnormalities, compared with the im+ha+pco subgroups and controls. results: the pcos subgroups with regular menstrual cycles (ha+pco), had more luteinizin...