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POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN DISEASE [2 records]

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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Record 2 2011-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genitourinary Tract
DEF

A clinical symptom complex characterized by secondary amenorrhea and anovulation (hence sterility), and regularly associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries.

Key term(s)
  • polycystic ovarian syndrome
  • polycystic ovarian disease

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil génito-urinaire
DEF

Syndrome d'origine encore discutée, caractérisé par une aménorrhée progressivement croissante avec stérilité, et souvent, hirsutisme, et anatomiquement par l'existence de gros ovaires durs et lisses recouverts d'une épaisse coque fibreuse.

Key term(s)
  • syndrome de Stein-Leventhal-Cohen

Spanish

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