background mean platelet volume (mpv) is generally accepted as a new marker of cardiovascular disease risk in several studies. objectives this study aimed to determine the association of mpv with androgen hormones and insulin resistance (ir) in nonobese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos). patients and methods a total of 136 patients with newly diagnosed reproductive-age pcos (regard...

OBJECTIVE Idiopathic hirsutism (IH) or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are the most common causes of hirsutism which affects 5-10% of all women. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of flutamide plus diane 35 in the treatment of idiopathic hirsutism and polycystic ovary syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS 26 polycystic ovary syndrome and 24 idiopathic hirsutism patients were evalua...

OBJECTIVES: Polycystic ovary syndrome is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder that affects reproductive-age women. The mechanisms underlying the endocrine heterogeneity and neuroendocrinology of polycystic ovary syndrome are still unclear. In this study, we investigated the expression of the kisspeptin system and gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse regulators in the hypothalamus as well as facto...

Objective: We examined the relationship between insulin resistance and vascular function in three insulin resistant states (type 2 diabetes mellitus, non-HIV lipodystrophic diabetes, and non-diabetic polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)) and in healthy controls. Research Design and Methods: The population included 12 women with type 2 diabetes, 6 with lipodystrophic diabetes, 10 with polycystic ova...

1 Elif Karadeli1, Ayla Uckuyu2, Faika Ceylan Ciftci2, Erzat Toprak2, Erdem Turhan2, Emel Ozcimen2, Emin Alp Niron1 1Department of Radiology, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey Renal Doppler Ultrasonografi, Polikistik Over Sendromu / Renal Doppler Ultrasound, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Correlation Between Renal ...

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...

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...

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...