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 ...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a stepwise approach to treating the infertility/subfertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome. Defining polycystic ovary syndrome in a patient requires first investigating other possible causes for polycystic ovary morphology, acne, hirsutism, obesity, and the metabolic derangements that often accompany polycystic ovary syndrome. Beginning with l...

polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a hormonal disorder that affects between 5 - 10% of women who are of reproductive age. the most common symptoms of pcos are obesity/difficulty losing weight, acne, amenorrhea (absence of menstrual cycles), irregular menstrual cycles, hirsutism (increased growth of corporal hair), insulin resistance, and high cholesterol. one of the treatments for pcos is the ...

conclusions findings of this study demonstrate no significant difference between levels of h. pylori specific antibodies of iga, igg, anti-caga and the presence of pcos disorders, and also indicate that serologic testing is a sensitive method for the detection of h. pylori antibodies. the high prevalence of h. pylori positive antibody levels in both pcos and non-pcos patients can be probably as...

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age and is the most common cause of infertility due to anovulation. there is no single criterion for the diagnosis of this syndrome. objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of pcos and its associated complications in iranian women using meta-analysis method....

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a common disorder of infertility which affects more than 100 million women. it is characterized by chronic anovulation, hyper androgenism and obesity. pcos is also associated with oxidative stress changes. objective: here, we aimed to investigate the level of antioxidants and oxidative stress in iranian women with pcos as a predictive factor for c...

background: most previous research has focused on polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) characteristics and their association with psychological disorders, such as anxiety and depression. objective: in the present study, our aim was to study whether pcos characteristics are associated with several aspects of psychological well-being namely self-esteem and body satisfaction. materials and methods: th...

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 ...