Behera Millie, Price Thomas, Walmer David
Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Division, Department Of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Fertil Steril. 2006 Nov;86(5):1292-5. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.06.048.
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders seen among reproductive-age women, with a prevalence of 4%-9% depending on the criteria used to define the syndrome. The diagnostic criteria for PCOS have been surprisingly controversial and confusing for patients, clinicians, and researchers. We believe that the confusion surrounding PCOS arises almost entirely because its name refers to a trait that is inconsistently present and irrelevant to both the etiology and the treatment of the disorder. We suggest that merely abandoning the term PCOS will cure much of what has ailed us for decades and allow us to focus on the etiology and treatment of the causes of what the experts in this field have come to recognize as functional female hyperandrogenism.
多囊卵巢综合征（PCOS）是育龄女性中最常见的内分泌疾病之一，根据用于定义该综合征的标准，其患病率为4% - 9%。PCOS的诊断标准对患者、临床医生和研究人员来说一直存在惊人的争议且令人困惑。我们认为，围绕PCOS的困惑几乎完全源于其名称所指的特征并不一致存在，且与该疾病的病因和治疗均无关。我们建议，仅仅摒弃“PCOS”这个术语就能解决困扰我们数十年的诸多问题，并使我们能够专注于该领域专家已认识到的功能性女性雄激素过多症病因的研究及其治疗。
