✦ LIBER ✦
Polycystic ovarian syndrome in women with epilepsy: Epileptic or iatrogenic?
✍ Scribed by Andrew G. Herzog
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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✦ Synopsis
This editorial addresses three issues. (1) What is polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)? (2) Why is it common among women with epilepsy? (3) Is there a practical significance to this association?
PCOS is hyperandrogenic chronic anovulation, that is, hyperandrogenism with menstrual, ultrasound, or endocrine evidence of anovulatory cycles [I]. It is characterized clinically by hirsutism and menstrual disorders. Obesity occurs in a variable number of patients, usually in the order of 30 to 50%. Ultrasound may