polycystic ovary syndrome

complex of symptoms caused by elevated androgen levels in women
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q500816
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Summary

polycystic ovary syndrome is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,677 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: symptom or sign[3], intersex variation[4]
  • Named after: Irving F. Stein[5], Michael L. Leventhal[6]
  • Subclass of: syndrome[7], endocrine system disease[8], genetic disease[9], reproductive system disease[10], ovarian dysfunction[11], disease[12]
  • Commons category: Polycystic ovary syndrome[13]
  • ICPC 2 ID: T99[14]
  • Symptoms and signs: polycystic ovary[15], hyperandrogenism[16], anovulation[17]
  • Has cause: genetic disease[18]
  • Facet of: women's health[19]
  • ICD-9-CM: 256.4[20]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C26862[21], C92847[22]
  • Health specialty: endocrinology[23], gynaecology[24]
  • Drug or therapy used for treatment: urofollitropin[25], etonogestrel[26]
  • Genetic association: FSHR[27], AOPEP[28], YAP1[29], HMGA2[30], INSR[31], DENND1A[32]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11612[33], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11612[34], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000147[35], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_3185[36]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[37], gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[38]

Why It Matters

polycystic ovary syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 135 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . nhs.uk. nhs.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . nhs.uk. nhs.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3D0xsU
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  2. 15w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → syndrome, endocrine system disease, genetic disease +3
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  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0212313-syndrom-polycystickych-ovarii
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  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 21w ago · Senai aksoy · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → ['PMOS', 'PMOS']
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  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Irving F. Stein, Michael L. Leventhal
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → class of disease, symptom or sign, intersex condition
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