polycystic ovary syndrome
complex of symptoms caused by elevated androgen levels in women
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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]