Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Research on polycystic ovarian syndrome discussed by B. Meczekalski and co-researchers
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 23rd, 2007
According to recent research from Poznan, Poland, "The study objective was to assess the role of 3 alpha-androstanediol glucuronide (3 alpha-diolG) as the marker of peripheral androgen action in the young women with hirsutism diagnosed as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), in patients with idiopathic hirsutism (IH) and in normal non-hirsute women. Fifty-nine young women with mean age 21.90 +/- 3.52 years suffered from hirsutism were included in the study."
"Among these 59 hirsute women 31 women with mean age 21.60 +/- 3.56 years were diagnosed as PCOS and 28 women with mean age 22.20 +/- 3.59 years were classified as idiopathic hirsutism patients. Twenty-seven normal...
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