Hyperandrogenism and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus | Zendy

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Hyperandrogenism and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Author(s) -

Ethel Codner,

Héctor F. EscobarMorreale

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-2641

Subject(s) - polycystic ovary , hyperandrogenism , context (archaeology) , medicine , androgen excess , endocrinology , ovary , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , androgen , type 2 diabetes mellitus , insulin , disease , insulin resistance , hormone , biology , paleontology

At present, women with type 1 diabetes (DM1) are being treated with supraphysiological doses of exogenous insulin with the aim of providing a strict metabolic control, thereby avoiding the long-term complications of this disease. We hypothesized that PCOS would be especially prevalent in DM1, as might happen in any condition in which the ovary and the adrenals are exposed to excessive insulin concentrations. As will be seen in the present review, androgen excess and PCOS are very frequent complaints in women with DM1, yet nowadays hyperandrogenism is seldom diagnosed in these patients.

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