Funding sources This work was supported by the Brazilian National Institute of Hormones and Women’s Health/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq INCT grant number 465482/2014-7) and Fundação de…
Obesity, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in PCOS Overweight and obesity constitute a modern global pandemic, with rapidly growing rates both in developed and in developing areas of the world….
Funding This work was supported by academic grants to Paolo Moghetti from the University of Verona. Conflicts of interest/competing interests The author has nothing to disclose. Introduction Polycystic ovary syndrome…
Introduction Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a very common and rather complex endocrine disorder with significant reproductive and metabolic impact . The overproduction of androgens seems to have a role…
Acknowledgments Financial Support: D.H.A. and J.E.L.: NIH DK121559, HD102172, OD011106. Introduction Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent, complex, highly heritable, subfertility health disorder of premenopausal women with numerous comorbidities…
Acknowledgments This work was supported by Grants PI1501686, PIE1600050, and PI1801122 from Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and co-financed by the European Development Regional…
Acknowledgments This chapter is dedicated to Prof. Renato Pasquali, for his constant commitment to the study of PCOS. Introduction PCOS has had a complex history punctuated by a constant improvement…
Key points • Infertility is considered to be a disease and affects approximately 7% of all U.S. couples of reproductive age—more than 7 million women in the United States. •…
Key points • Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is now diagnosed by the Rotterdam criteria, which are clinical end points, and is not a laboratory diagnosis . The diagnosis requires finding…
Key points • For in vitro fertilization (IVF) with and without intracytoplasmic sperm injection, the delivery rate per cycle in which ova are retrieved is as high as 50%, depending…
