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Descriptor English:   Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome del Ovario Poliquístico 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome do Ovário Policístico 
Synonyms English:   Stein-Leventhal Syndrome  
Tree Number:   C04.182.612.765
C13.351.500.056.630.580.765
C19.391.630.580.765
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   non-neoplastic
See Related English:   Hyperandrogenism
 
History Note English:   85; was STEIN-LEVENTHAL SYNDROME 1963-84 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BS blood supply BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced
CH chemistry CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SC secondary
SE secretion SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UL ultrastructure UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   11519 
Unique Identifier:   D011085 

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