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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 
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cerebrospinal fluid chemistry
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diet therapy diagnosis
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pathology prevention & control
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rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy secondary
secretion surgery
therapy ultrastructure
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   11519 
Unique Identifier:   D011085 

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