@article{e4abab18ac514bd994ec7f9f3544db56,
title = "Diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome: A reappraisal",
abstract = "New diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) were proposed in Rotterdam in 2003, which expanded the previous definition that arose from an expert conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1990. However, these newer criteria give rise to phenotypes that may not actually represent PCOS, and a simple modification of the 1990 NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Disease diagnostic criteria may be more consistent with currently available data.",
author = "Ricardo Azziz",
note = "Funding Information: Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant no. K24-D01346 (to RA). Funding Information: Two principal definitions of PCOS are in widespread use today. The first arose from the proceedings of an expert conference sponsored in part by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Disease (NICHD) of the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) on April 16–18, 1990. During the meeting, all participants were surveyed regarding their perception of what features formed part of PCOS, and Drs. Zawadski and Dunaif summarized the findings in the meeting proceedings ( 1 ). They concluded that the major criteria for PCOS “should include (in order of importance): i) hyperandrogenism and/or hyperandrogenemia, ii) oligo-ovulation, [and the] iii) exclusion of other known disorders.” This survey had the clarity of identifying PCOS as an androgen excess disorder of exclusion, with ovarian consequences. ",
year = "2005",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.085",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "83",
pages = "1343--1346",
journal = "Fertility and Sterility",
issn = "0015-0282",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "5",
}
