Polycystic ovary syndrome is an inaccurate name for a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Its new name can help address missed diagnoses and fragmented care.
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PMOS is not primarily a disease of the ovaries. Its new name reflects the condition’s more complex and cyclical endocrine and metabolic features.
Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, will now be used to describe the condition that affects around one in eight women.
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Principle Investigator, Reproductive Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Group, Karolinska Institutet
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PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Endocrinologist & Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Research Assistant (Community Scholar), Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Colorado Anschutz