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Utility of screening for other causes of infertility in women with "known" polycystic ovary syndrome.

McGovern PG, Legro RS, Myers ER, Barnhart HX, Carson SA, Diamond MP, Carr BR, Schlaff WD, Coutifaris C, Steinkampf MP, Nestler JE, Gosman G, Leppert PC, Giudice LC,

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07101-1709, USA. mcgovepg@umdnj.edu

We investigated the prevalence of abnormal screening results (questionnaire and testing for other causes of oligo-ovulation, male or tubal factor infertility) in a group of 1,313 oligo-ovulatory women (included and excluded subjects) whose condition was screened for inclusion in the Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome trial, a multicenter clinical trial that was conducted at 13 sites in the United States. Other than failure to demonstrate laboratory evidence of hyperandrogenemia, the most common reasons for subject exclusion were persistent oligospermia and tubal factor infertility.

Published 5 February 2007 in Fertil Steril, 87(2): 442-4.
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