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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of adolescents with both polycystic ovary disease and anorexia nervosa.

Pinhas-Hamiel O, Pilpel N, Carel C, Singer S

Eating Disorder Clinic, Maccabi Health Care Services, Edmond & Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel. orithami@sheba.health.gov.il

In girls evaluated for anorexia nervosa (AN), coexistence of polycystic ovary disease (PCOS) was found when menstrual irregularities existed before weight loss, cessation of menses occurred at a relatively elevated body mass index, and LH and estrogen levels were elevated compared with adolescents with AN alone. In adolescents with PCOS + AN weight gain beyond recommended weight should not be advised.

Published 8 June 2006 in Fertil Steril, 85(6): 1849-51.
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