September 17 - 20, 2000
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common syndrome that accounts for over 70% of cases of anovulatory infertility. The prototypical clinical features are hyperandrogenism and chronic anovulation. Many women with PCOS are insulin resistant and at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. There may also be an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
The relationship of these metabolic effects to the etiology of PCOS is not defined. Familial clustering of cases suggests a genetic component but a clear mode of inheritance has not been delineated. There is probably also an environmental component to the initiation and/or progression of PCOS. Intervention strategies include manipulation of diet and lifestyle, treatment of hyperandrogenism and treatment of insulin resistance.
This meeting is designed to bring together a multidisciplinary group of scientists from cellular and molecular biologists, endocrinologists, toxicologists, epidemiologists and clinicians in order to disseminate the most up to date research on the etiology, mechanism and treatment of PCOS. It is anticipated that this interdisciplinary approach will lead to fruitful discussions that will identify data gaps and needs, future research directions and new approaches and technologies that will lead to a better understanding of this syndrome and improved intervention and prevention strategies.
Session topics include: Historical perspective of PCOS, Epidemiology of PCOS, Reproductive abnormalities in PCOS, Diagnostic criteria for PCOS, Animal models of PCOs, Metabolic abnormalities and their relationship to PCOS, Genetics and environmental influences on PCOS, and Intervention and prevention strategies.
Confirmed speakers include: R. Jeffrey Chang, Andrea Dunaif, Joseph Goldzieher, Greg Erickson, Didier Dewailly, David Guzick, Silvia Arslanian, Caren Solomon, Walter Miller, Ricardo Azziz, John C. Marshall, Morris White, David Abbott, John Nilson, David Ehrmann, Robert Wild, Helmut Steinberg, Richard Spielman, Margrit Urbanek, Stephen Franks, Bart Fauser, Ann Taylor, Claude Hughes, Robert Norman, Richard Legro, Rogerio Lobo and John Nestler.
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