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48th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Online, Virtual
24 Nov 2021 - 26 Nov 2021

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ea0078cme2.1 | Session 2 | BSPED2021

Update in the Recognition & Management of Adolescent PCOS

Ibanez Lourdes , de Zegher Francis

Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common cause of hirsutism & menstrual irregularity in adolescent girls. It is often accompanied by obesity and insulin resistance and associated to lifelong co-morbidities including reduced fertility, type 2 diabetes, premenopausal cancer, depression, and pregnancy and offspring complications. There is no approved therapy for PCOS in adolescent girls. Oral contraceptives (OCs) are prescribed off-label to approximately 98% of young PCOS...

ea0078cme2.2 | Session 2 | BSPED2021

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