Endocrine Abstracts

Recent evidence indicates that the increase in follicle numbers seen in PCOS occurs early in folliculogenesis, and that androgens are implicated in this. In primates and sheep, androgen excess in-utero results in ovarian changes similar to those in PCOS. We have recently shown using a novel in ovo model, that testosterone added to implanted human tissue increased primary follicles compared to untreated tissue (Qureshi et al. 2005). This is similar to the p...