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Corrine K. Welt

0000-0002-8219-5504

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Lifecycle of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): From In Utero to Menopause

2013

Context: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is diagnosed during the reproductive years when women present with 2 of 3 of the following criteria: 1) irregular menstrual cycles or anovulation, 2) hyperandrogenism, and 3) PCO morphology. However, there is evidence that PCOS can be identified from early infancy to puberty based on predisposing environmental influences. There is also increasing information about the PCOS phenotype after menopause. The goal of this review is to summarize current knowledge about the appearance of PCOS at different life stages and the influence of reproductive maturation and senescence on the PCOS phenotype. Evidence: PubMed, the bibliography from the Evidence-Based …

Senescencemedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina Internaendocrine system diseasesEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismClinical BiochemistryContext (language use)BiochemistrySettore MED/13 - EndocrinologiaAnovulationEndocrinologySettore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaInternal medicinemedicinePregnancybusiness.industryPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)Biochemistry (medical)Hyperandrogenismnutritional and metabolic diseasesmedicine.diseasePolycystic ovaryPCOS Pregnancy infancy puberty menopause obesity AMH cardiovascular risk birth weightSettore MED/40 - Ginecologia E Ostetriciafemale genital diseases and pregnancy complicationsMenopauseEndocrinologybusiness
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