Stein-Leventhal Syndrome - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
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Alternate Names : Stein-Leventhal Syndrome, Polycystic Ovarian Disorder, Hyperandrogenic Chronic Anovulation ...
Alternate Names : Polycystic ovaries, Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), Stein-Leventhal syndrome, Polyfollicular ovarian disease
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Stein-Leventhal Syndrome
Stein-Leventhal syndrome is another name for polycystic ovarian syndrome.
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-Also called Stein-Leventhal syndrome, it is the presence of many cysts in the ovaries.
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Stein-Leventhal syndrome see Polycystic Ovary syndrome
Steinert's disease see Myotonic Dystrophy/Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), previously known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome, is a disorder in which numerous benign cysts form on the ovaries under a thick, white covering.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), also known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome is a condition characterized by an imbalance of hormones in women which can affect menstrual periods and ovulation.
Although PCOS (which used to be called Stein-Leventhal syndrome) was first recognized in the 1930s, doctors can't say for sure what causes it. Research has suggested that PCOS may be related to increased insulin production in the body.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), also known by the name Stein-Leventhal syndrome, is a hormonal problem that causes women to have a variety of symptoms.
The syndrome, previously called Stein-Leventhal Syndrome after the physicians who first characterized it in the 1930s, usually presents when a woman is in her 20s or 30s, with irregular or absent periods.
Polycystic ovaries; Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS); Stein-Leventhal syndrome; Polyfollicular ovarian disease
References
Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby;2007.
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Benign acanthosis nigricans can be secondary to obesity, insulin resistant diabetes, Stein-Leventhal syndrome, pituitary tumors, drugs such as nicotinic acid, glucocorticoids, and diethylstilbestrol, or it can be idiopathic.
Bilateral Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Ovarian Hyperthecosis
Ovarian Syndrome
PCOS
Polycystic Bilateral Ovarian Syndrome
POS
Sclerocystic Ovarian Disease
Stein-Leventhal Syndrome
anovulation with hyperandrogenism ...
in medical literature in the 1930s when Irving Stein and Michael Leventhal wrote about a group of women without menstrual periods (amenorrhea) who had large ovaries with multiple cysts. Doctors sometimes call the condition Stein-Leventhal syndrome, ...
PCOS is a disorder of chronically abnormal ovarian function and hyperandrogenism (abnormally elevated androgen levels). It affects 5-10% of women of reproductive age. PCOS is also called the Stein-Leventhal syndrome.
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stein-leventhal syndrome
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Other causes of primary ovarian failure are ovarian agenesis and polycystic ovary syndrome. An elevated free testosterone will support the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein-Leventhal syndrome).
 See also: Symptom, Cancer, Diabetes, Polycystic ovarian syndrome, Pregnancy
  
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