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The follicular excess in polycystic ovaries, due to intra-ovarian hyperandrogenism, may be the main culprit for the follicular arrest
1 Mar 2004
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This review exposes the follicular abnormalities responsible for anovulation in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The putative pathophysiological explanations involve the principal intra- and extra-ovarian regulators which intervene during normal folliculogenesis to control the initial recruitment and growth and then the cyclic recruitment. We propose the hypothesis that the follicular problem in PCOS is 2-fold,...
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