Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome?

Tessa Copp; Jesse Jansen; Jenny Doust; Ben Wj Mol; Anuja Dokras; Kirsten McCaffery

doi:10.1136/bmj.j3694

Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome?

Tessa Copp^*, Jesse Jansen, Jenny Doust, Ben Wj Mol, Anuja Dokras, Kirsten McCaffery

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Abstract

Since polycystic ovary syndrome was described in the 1930s, the diagnostic criteria have expanded and prevalence has risen, explain Tessa Copp and colleagues. But to what extent do women today benefit from their diagnosis, particularly younger women and those with milder symptoms?

Original language	English
Article number	j3694
Number of pages	10
Journal	BMJ (Online)
Volume	358
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j3694
Publication status	Published - 2017

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