 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
"Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A complex disorder characterized by infertility, HIRSUTISM; OBESITY; and various menstrual disturbances such as OLIGOMENORRHEA; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION. Polycystic ovary syndrome is usually associated with bilateral enlarged ovaries studded with atretic follicles, not with cysts. The term, polycystic ovary, is misleading.
| Descriptor ID |
D011085
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.182.612.765 C13.351.500.056.630.580.765 C19.391.630.580.765
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| Concept/Terms |
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Ovary Syndrome, Polycystic
- Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic
- Ovarian Syndromes, Polycystic
- Stein-Leventhal Syndrome
- Stein Leventhal Syndrome
- Syndrome, Stein-Leventhal
- Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration
- Ovarian Degeneration, Sclerocystic
- Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome
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| 1983 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1987 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1989 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1990 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1991 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1992 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1997 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1999 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2002 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2003 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2005 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2007 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2008 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2012 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Day F, Karaderi T, Jones MR, Meun C, He C, Drong A, Kraft P, Lin N, Huang H, Broer L, Magi R, Saxena R, Laisk T, Urbanek M, Hayes MG, Thorleifsson G, Fernandez-Tajes J, Mahajan A, Mullin BH, Stuckey BGA, Spector TD, Wilson SG, Goodarzi MO, Davis L, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Uitterlinden AG, Anttila V, Neale BM, Jarvelin MR, Fauser B, Kowalska I, Visser JA, Andersen M, Ong K, Stener-Victorin E, Ehrmann D, Legro RS, Salumets A, McCarthy MI, Morin-Papunen L, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K. Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria. PLoS Genet. 2018 12; 14(12):e1007813.
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Lee HJ, Bahr JM, Bitterman P, Basu S, Sharma S, Abramowicz JS, Barua A. Polycystic Ovarian Condition May Be a Risk Factor for Ovarian Tumor Development in the Laying Hen Model of Spontaneous Ovarian Cancer. J Immunol Res. 2018; 2018:2590910.
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Mimoto MS, Oyler JL, Davis AM. Evaluation and Treatment of Hirsutism in Premenopausal Women. JAMA. 2018 Apr 17; 319(15):1613-1614.
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Kim C, Aroda VR, Goldberg RB, Younes N, Edelstein SL, Carrion-Petersen M, Ehrmann DA. Androgens, Irregular Menses, and Risk of Diabetes and Coronary Artery Calcification in the Diabetes Prevention Program. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 02 01; 103(2):486-496.
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Sam S, Ehrmann DA. Metformin therapy for the reproductive and metabolic consequences of polycystic ovary syndrome. Diabetologia. 2017 09; 60(9):1656-1661.
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Rosenfield RL. Letter to the Editor: "Normal Pubertal Development in Daughters of Women With PCOS: A Controlled Study". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 07 01; 102(7):2560.
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Sam S, Vellanki P, Yalamanchi SK, Bergman RN, Dunaif A. Exaggerated glucagon responses to hypoglycemia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Metabolism. 2017 06; 71:125-131.
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Mokhlesi B, Sam S, Ehrmann DA. Obstructive sleep apnea and polycystic ovary syndrome: cause or association? Sleep Med. 2017 08; 36:170-171.
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Rosenfield RL, Ehrmann DA. The Pathogenesis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): The Hypothesis of PCOS as Functional Ovarian Hyperandrogenism Revisited. Endocr Rev. 2016 10; 37(5):467-520.
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Sam S, Ehrmann DA. Hormonal Evaluation of Hyperandrogenism in Women. JAMA. 2015 Dec 15; 314(23):2557-8.
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