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Polycystic ovaries: do these represent a specific endocrinopathy?
Author(s) -
GADIR AHMED ABDEL,
KHATIM MOHAMED S.,
MOWAFI RAOUF S.,
ALNASER HUDA M. I.,
ALZAID HUSSEIN G. N.,
SHAW ROBERT W.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1991.tb13397.x
Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , testosterone (patch) , polycystic ovarian disease , polycystic ovary , hormone , body mass index , insulin , biology , insulin resistance
Summary. Serum pituitary gonadotrophins, oestradiol, testosterone and insulin pulse patterns were examined at 15‐min intervals for 6 h in 40 women with a previous diagnosis of polycystic ovarian disease (PCO) based on clinical, endocrinological and ultrasound data. Age, duration of symptoms, body mass index (BMI) and ovarian volume showed no correlation with the 6‐h mean value of any hormone and testosterone blood levels did not correlate with those of insulin. Some patients had high and others low LH pulse pattern components, and few had an inverted LH:FSH ratio. Morphological polycystic ovarian changes may be a reflection of various rather than a single pattern of gonadotrophin secretion.