Polycystic ovary syndrome: why widening the diagnostic criteria may be harming women

BMJ. 2021 Apr 16:373:n700. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n700.

Authors

Tessa Copp¹, Jenny Doust², Kirsten McCaffery³, Jolyn Hersch³, Jesse Jansen^{4

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia tessa.copp@sydney.edu.au.
² University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
³ University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.

PMID: 33863701
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n700

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Hyperandrogenism / diagnosis
Medical Overuse*
Menstruation Disturbances / diagnosis
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / diagnosis*
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / psychology*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Ultrasonography