ea0008p78 | Reproduction | SFE2004
Qureshi AI
, Bano G
, Whitehead S
, Nussey SS
, Mason HD
BackgroundPCOS is the commonest endocrinopathy in women. PCO are typified by increased ovarian follicles. The aetiology is unknown, but may be due either to enhanced follicular growth, reduced atresia, or both. Hyperandrogenism is almost universal either clinically or biochemically and in primates and sheep androgen excess in-utero produces ovaries phenotypically identical to those in PCOS. There have been no analyses of the effects of androgens on early...