Journal of Gynecology & Reproductive Medicine(JGRM)

2MD, Associate Professor, Department o Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, College of Hea, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis and Challenges in its Management
  Author(s): Lukman Yusuf* and Shiferaw Negash
  
  Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrinopathological disorders affecting the hypothalamic, pituitary, ovarian and adrenal axis of women in their reproductive ages. It is recount able from fetal life in utero through menarche, puberty, the reproductive years, and menopause and beyond. It was first described in 1935. The prevalence rate is highly variable and ranges from 6 to 20%. It is classically articulated by oligo-amenorrhea, hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovarian morphology. Under the classification of the syndrome are registered several phenotypes and sub-phenotypes. The pathophysiology is not clearly understood and an array of several causal considerations is in existence. The presentations vary from person to person and it is not always easy to cure it or formulate a linear implementable universal scheduling; and therefore the management tends to .. Read More»
  

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