July 2013

Hyperandrogenism during puberty in the development of polycystic ovary syndrome

Androgen secretion during pubertal development is a normal event. Polycystic ovary syndrome may be viewed as a maladaptation of this advantageous process.
Published
Go to the profile of Fertility and Sterility
Fertility and Sterility
Editorial Office, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Like

Authors

Shahla Nader, M.D.

Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 39-42, July 2013

Abstract

The hormonal events of puberty, from adrenarche to menarche and beyond, include the secretion of androgens as well as estrogen and P. This normal pubertal process is briefly reviewed and a physiologic role for pubertal androgens proposed. It is further suggested that the hyperandrogenic state we call polycystic ovary syndrome is a maladaptation of the advantageous role of normal pubertal androgens.

Read the full text at: http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(13)00414-7/fulltext


Go to the profile of Fertility and Sterility
Fertility and Sterility
Editorial Office, American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Fertility and Sterility® is an international journal for obstetricians, gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, basic scientists and others who treat and investigate problems of infertility and human reproductive disorders. 

Recommended Content