Pregnancy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: the effect of different phenotypes and features on obstetric and neonatal outcomes

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 94; no. 5; pp. 1805 - 1811
• Main Authors: Palomba, Stefano, Falbo, Angela, Russo, Tiziana, Tolino, Achille, Orio, Francesco, Zullo, Fulvio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Abortion, Spontaneous - epidemiology; Adult; Anovulation - complications; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation; Female; Female genital diseases; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Hyperandrogenism - complications; Internal Medicine; Medical sciences; Neonatal outcomes; Non tumoral diseases; obstetric outcomes; Obstetrics and Gynecology; PCOS; Phenotype; phenotypes; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - complications; predictors; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Rate - trends; Premature Birth - epidemiology; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; predictors; PCOS; phenotypes; obstetric outcomes; Neonatal outcomes; pregnancy; Human; Neonatal; Prognosis; Gynecology; Female sterility; Polycystic ovary; Obstetrics; Female genital diseases; Pregnancy; Ovarian diseases; Phenotype; Newborn; Cyst; Female; Benign neoplasm; Delivery; Predictive factor; Woman

To test the hypothesis that the risk of adverse obstetric or neonatal outcomes varies according to different phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and to evaluate the clinical impact of the main features of PCOS. Prospective controlled clinical study. Academic Departments of Obstetrics and...