Title Polycystic ovary syndrome : current controversies, from the ovary to the pancreas / edited by Andrea Dunaif [and others]

Published Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 350 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portrait Series Contemporary endocrinology Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.) Contents Folliculogenesis in polycystic ovaries -- Accounting for the follicle population in the polycystic ovary -- What is the appropriate imaging of the polycystic ovary -- Polycystic ovary versus polycystic ovary syndrome: a necessary distinction -- Genetic analyses of polycystic ovary syndrome -- Fetal origins of polycystic ovary syndrome -- Pubertal precursors of the polycystic ovarian syndrome -- Variations in the expression of the polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype -- Acquired polycystic ovary syndrome -- Recommendations for the early recognition and prevention of polycystic ovary syndrome -- Insulin action and secretion in polycystic ovary syndrome -- Polycystic ovary syndrome and the metabolic syndrome long-term risks -- Insulin sensitizers targeting metabolic and reproductive consequences in polycystic ovary syndrome -- Mechanisms and treatment of obesity in polycystic ovary syndrome -- Metabolic and endocrine effects of statins in polycystic ovary syndrome -- Recommended therapies for metabolic defects in polycystic ovary syndrome -- Pathogenesis of hyperandrogenism in polycystic ovary syndrome -- Recommended treatment modalities for hyperandrogenism -- Effective regimens for ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome -- Pregnancy in polycystic ovary syndrome -- Impact of diagnostic criteria Summary All four editors of this title are extremely prominent in the field of PCOS. Although they are all U.S.-based, they are internationally renowned. The book includes the latest diagnostic criteria for PCOS, and comprises the most up to date information about the genetic features and pathogenesis of PCOS. The diagnostic criteria for PCOS took shape in 1990 following an NIH conference co-organized by Dr. Dunaif, resulting in her classic volume, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (1992). That title recommended diagnostic criteria of hyperandrogenism and chronic anovulation with the exclusion of specific dis Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Polycystic ovary syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome -- Endocrine aspects Polycystic ovary syndrome -- Genetic aspects Polycystic Ovary Syndrome MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Women's Health. Polycystic ovary syndrome -- Endocrine glands -- Diseases. Polycystic ovary syndrome -- Genetic aspects. Polycystic ovary syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome Form Electronic book Author Dunaif, Andrea. ISBN 9781597451086 1597451088 9781588298317 1588298310

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