Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Synonyms
Ovarian Degeneration, Sclerocystic
Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic
Ovary Syndrome, Polycystic
Ovary, Sclerocystic
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 1
Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration
Sclerocystic Ovaries
Sclerocystic Ovary
Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome
Stein Leventhal Syndrome
Stein-Leventhal Syndrome
Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary
Syndrome, Stein-Leventhal
A complex disorder characterized by infertility, HIRSUTISM; OBESITY; and various menstrual disturbances such as OLIGOMENORRHEA; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION. Polycystic ovary syndrome is usually associated with bilateral enlarged ovaries studded with atretic follicles, not with cysts. The term, polycystic ovary, is misleading.
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