Diagnosing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Pcos
This article reviews the Rotterdam criteria for diagnosing PCOS. History of the PCOS Criteria In the past, there were two separate sets of diagnostic criteria for PCOS: one issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and another released by an international panel in Rotterdam which expanded upon the NIH guidelines. The differences were minor but striking. Chief among these was the inclusion of polycystic ovaries as one of the three diagnostic criteria for PCOS....