Jacobs H S, Conway G S
Department of Endocrinology, UCL Medical School, The Middlesex Hospital, London.
Hum Reprod Update. 1999 Mar-Apr;5(2):166-71. doi: 10.1093/humupd/5.2.166.
As soon as leptin was discovered four years ago, its potential as a player in the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was explored in a primitive way, though little light was shed on the enigma that is PCOS. As a second wave of leptin research is now available, we review how the expanded role of the cytokine in reproduction might yet impact upon our understanding of PCOS.