 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
"Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011085
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.182.612.765 C13.351.500.056.630.580.765 C19.391.630.580.765
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| Concept/Terms |
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Ovary Syndrome, Polycystic
- Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary
- Stein-Leventhal Syndrome
- Stein Leventhal Syndrome
- Syndrome, Stein-Leventhal
- Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration
- Ovarian Degeneration, Sclerocystic
- Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 1
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Moolhuijsen LME, Zhu J, Mullin BH, Pujol-Gualdo N, Actkins KV, Mack JA, Rao H, Trivedi B, Kentistou KA, Zhao Y, Westergaard D, Tyrmi JS, Thorleifsson G, Zhang Y, Wittemans L, DeVries A, Brewer K, Sisk R, Danning R, Preuss MH, Jones MR, Ruth KS, Andersen M, Azziz R, Banasik K, Boehnke M, Broer L, Brunak S, Chan YM, Chasman DI, Daly M, Ehrmann DA, Fauser BC, Fritsche LG, Hayes MG, He C, Huang H, Kowalska I, Kraft P, Legro RS, Lin N, Loos RJ, Louwers YV, Magi R, McCarthy MI, Morin-Papunen L, Morrison JV, Morton C, Nadkarni GN, Neale BM, Nielsen HS, Nyegaard M, Ostrowski SR, Pedersen OBV, Sørensen E, Mikkelsen C, Erikstrup C, Kaspersen KA, Bruun MT, Aagaard B, Ullum H, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Palotie A, Reeve MP, Salumets A, Saxena R, Spector TD, Stuckey BGA, Thorsteinsdottir U, Uitterlinden AG, Urbanek M, Zöllner S, van Heel DA, Hirschhorn JN, Stefansson K, Perry JRB, Styrkarsdottir U, Wilson SG, Piltonen T, Laisk T, Jarvelin MR, Burns K, Justice AE, Laivuori H, Ong KK, Goodarzi MO, Davis LK, Dunaif A, Lindgren CM, Laven JSE, Franks S, Visser JA, Welt CK, Karaderi T, Day FR. Genomic analyses implicate hormonal and metabolic dysregulation in polycystic ovary syndrome. Nat Genet. 2026 May; 58(5):1040-1050.
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Whooten RC, Rifas-Shiman SL, Aris IM, Perng W, Chavarro JE, Oken E, Hivert MF. Adolescent "Lean PCOS" Is Characterized by Higher Insulin Resistance and Adverse Adipokine Profile. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Apr 22; 111(5):e1364-e1372.
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Alur-Gupta S, Sun F, Zhang H, Derby CA, Kravitz HM, Neal-Perry G, Swanson LM, Vitek WS, Santoro N, Sammel MD. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Sleep Disturbance in Postmenopausal Women: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Feb 20; 111(3):e680-e690.
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Kim C, Bellatorre A, Reynolds K, Dolan LM, Pihoker C, Yin Z, Huddleston H, Snell-Bergeon J, Dabelea D. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Vascular Damage Among Women with Type 1 Diabetes in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Cohort. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2026 Apr; 35(4):353-357.
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Wu X, Wilke M, Batara J, Proctor S, Cree M, Ghosh M, Raggi P, Windram J, Becher H, Vine D. Atherogenic ApoB-dyslipidemia, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cardiac dysfunction and remodeling in high-risk young women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: A pilot study. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025; 16:1520922.
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Chen Y, Salmon K, Rifas-Shiman SL, Fitz VW, Kazemi M, Shifren J, Hivert MF, Oken E, Chavarro J, Perng W. Cardiometabolic trajectories across midlife in parous women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Sep 03; 194(9):2447-2456.
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Bast JA, Olubi O, Le DE, Parashar S, Dobrescu I, Kondapalli L. Cardiovascular Consequences of Premature Menopause. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2025 Aug 13; 27(1):126.
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Kazemi M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Yu EW, Wang S, Hivert MF, Perng W, Fitz V, Shifren J, Oken E, Chavarro JE. Polycystic ovary syndrome in relation to musculoskeletal health outcomes during midlife: a longitudinal cohort study. Reprod Biomed Online. 2025 11; 51(5):105068.
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Whooten RC, Rifas-Shiman SL, Perng W, Chavarro JE, Oken E, Hivert MF. Physical Activity May Attenuate the Association of Early Adolescent Adiposity With PCOS Assessed in Later Adolescence: Findings From a Prospective Cohort, Project Viva. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2025 Aug; 38(4):509-514.
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Waldrop SW, Buenaventura M, Campoverde Reyes KJ, Stanford FC. Disparities in the Diagnosis and Management of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescents. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2025 Jun; 54(2):233-250.
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