Prevalence of polycystic ovaries in women with anovulation and idiopathic hirsutism
Adams J;Polson DW;Franks S;;
british medical journal (clinical research ed)1986Vol. 293pp. -
274
j1986britishprevalence
Abstract
Polycystic ovaries were defined with ultrasound imaging in a series of 173 women who presented to a gynaecological endocrine clinic with anovulation or hirsutism. Polycystic ovaries were found in 26% of women with amenorrhoea, 87% with oligomenorrhoea, and 92% with idiopathic hirsutism--that is, hir …