Endocrine Abstracts

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrinopathy of reproductive-age women, was initially defined by the association of anovulation and clinical and/or biochemical hyperandrogenism (1990 NIH). Since Rotterdam Consensus Conference in 2003, its diagnosis requires the presence of at least two of the following features: oligo-/anovulation, hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovaries on ultrasound. However, since its introduction, this definition was strongly challenged...