Editors:
- Editors include four of the leading experts in the international community
- Text consists of compilation of international expert opinion / consensus
- Content is comprehensive and includes bench research findings, their implications, and clinical recommendations for all complications of PCOS
- Updates and clarifies previous consensus group guidelines from the international community in 2002
Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
All four editors of this title are extremely prominent in the field of PCOS. Although they are all U.S.-based, they are internationally renowned. The book includes the latest diagnostic criteria for PCOS, and comprises the most up to date information about the genetic features and pathogenesis of PCOS.
The diagnostic criteria for PCOS took shape in 1990 following an NIH conference co-organized by Dr. Dunaif, resulting in her classic volume, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (1992). That title recommended diagnostic criteria of hyperandrogenism and chronic anovulation with the exclusion of specific disorder of the ovary, adrenal, and pituitary. These criteria dominated the field but were revised in 2003 by a working group of international experts at a conference in Rotterdam. Since then, it has become increasingly clear over the past several years that PCOS is a complex genetic disease resulting from the interaction of susceptibility genes and environmental factors. This volume critically reviews the methodological approaches and the evidence for various PCOS susceptibility genes. Additional familial phenotypes of PCOS and their potential genetic basis are also discussed. In all, this title is comprehensive and replete with the latest in expert recommendations on PCOS. This expert opinion remains critical to guiding practice in PCOS because sufficient data for evidence-based guidelines remains scarce.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This monograph is the product of a 2005 meeting of experts in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) that was designed to address disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. … is relevant for a broad audience, but is most relevant for those who are specifically involved in the day-to-day care of women with PCOS as well as those whose research focus is connected to the disorder. … a useful addition to the library of any physician or investigator with an interest in PCOS." (David A Ehrmann, Doody’s Review Service, June, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago
Andrea Dunaif
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Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla
R. Jeffrey Chang
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Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, UK
Stephen Franks
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Department of Ob/Gyn, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey
Richard S. Legro
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Book Subtitle: Current Controversies, from the Ovary to the Pancreas
Editors: Andrea Dunaif, R. Jeffrey Chang, Stephen Franks, Richard S. Legro
Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-108-6
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-831-7Published: 19 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-796-9Published: 09 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-108-6Published: 12 January 2008
Series ISSN: 2523-3785
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 350
Topics: Endocrinology, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Diabetes