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[Current diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome: expanding the phenotype but generating new questions].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Aug 2009
Merino Paulina, Schulin-Zeuthen Carolina, Codner Ethel
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), includes a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms and signs. Three different diagnostic classifications have been proposed to define this disease. The first one, published in 1990, known as the "NIH criteria" requires the simultaneous presence of hyperandrogenism and menstrual dysfunction in order to diagnose PCOS. Later on, in 2004, an expert panel met in Rotterdam and added to...
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