Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Current Controversies, from the Ovary to the Pancreas (Con

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Current Controversies, from the Ovary to the Pancreas (Contemporary Endocrinology)



By Andrea Dunaif, R. Jeffrey Chang, Stephen Franks, Richard S. Legro

Publisher: Humana Press

Number Of Pages: 360

Publication Date: 2008-02-19

All four editors of this title are extremely prominent in the field of PCOSgenetic features and pathogenesis 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

The diagnostic criteria for PCOS took shape in 1990 following an NIHovary, adrenal, and pituitary. These criteria dominated the field but were revised in 2003 by a working group of international experts at a conference in Rotterdam. Since then, it has become increasingly clear over the past several years that PCOS is a complex genetic disease resulting from the interaction of susceptibility genes and environmental factors. This volume critically reviews the methodological approaches and the evidence for various PCOS susceptibility genes. Additional familial phenotypes of PCOS and their potential genetic basis are also discussed. In all, this title is comprehensive and replete with the latest in expert recommendations on PCOS. This expert opinion remains critical to guiding practice in PCOS because sufficient data for evidence-based guidelines remains scarce. 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 disorder of the

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