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Record 1 2024-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
CONT

PCOS [polycystic ovarian syndrome] was first identified... as the combination of hirsutism, chronic anovulation and obesity... Because of heterogeneous phenotypes of PCOS, a confirmative clinical definition of the disease has not been determined yet. The diagnostic criteria were redefined at a National Institute of Health(NIH) conference in 1990... The NIH criteria included dysovulation(oligo/anovulation) associated with clinical and/or biological HA [hyperandrogenism] after exclusion of disorders that mimic hyperandrogenemia...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
DEF

Retard, précocité ou absence de l'ovulation au cours du cycle menstruel [...]

Spanish

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