title: Polycystic ovary syndrome. An autoimmune disease?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether there is an autoimmune cause of polycystic ovary disease (PCOD) implicating antiovarian antibodies in the pathophysiology of the syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study examined 31 women diagnosed as having PCOD according to internationally recognized criteria and who attended our infertility clinic during 1994-1995.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We could not confirm the findings of previous studies. Only one patient in our group with type II diabetes mellitus had antiovarian antibodies present in her serum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It seems that an autoimmune mechanism probably is not of prime importance in this multifaceted syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center Ein-Kerein, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rojansky
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roll
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meirow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D010053:Ovary / Q000276:immunology*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007328:Insulin; D013739:Testosterone