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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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Definition: A complex disorder characterized by infertility, HIRSUTISM; OBESITY; and various menstrual disturbances such as OLIGOMENORRHEA; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION. Polycystic ovary syndrome is usually associated with bilateral enlarged ovaries studded with atretic follicles, not with cysts. The term, polycystic ovary, is misleading.  non-neoplastic   
See Also Hyperandrogenism 		Other names Stein-Leventhal Syndrome; Syndrome, Stein-Leventhal; Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary; Stein Leventhal Syndrome; Sclerocystic Ovary; Ovary, Sclerocystic; Ovary Syndrome, Polycystic; Ovarian Syndromes, Polycystic; Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic; Ovarian Degeneration, Sclerocystic; Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome; Ovaries, Sclerocystic; Sclerocystic Ovaries; Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration; Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
 
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Fowler Christmas Chapple syndrome  0   *Polycystic Ovary Syndrome *Urination Disorders.

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