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. 2016 Oct:119:155-159.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.08.025. Epub 2016 Aug 26.

Coexistence of asthma and polycystic ovary syndrome: A concise review

Louise Zierau  1 , Elisabeth Juul Gade  2 , Svend Lindenberg  3 , Vibeke Backer  2 , Simon Francis Thomsen  4
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Coexistence of asthma and polycystic ovary syndrome: A concise review

Louise Zierau et al. Respir Med. 2016 Oct.
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Abstract

Asthma may be associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and possibly patients with PCOS have a more severe type of asthma. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to summarize evidence of a coexistense of PCOS and asthma using the available literature. The search was completed on 01.01.2016. English language articles were retrieved using the search terms 'Asthma' AND 'PCOS', 'Asthma' AND 'systemic inflammation', 'Asthma' AND 'metabolic syndrome', 'asthma' AND 'gynaecology', 'PCOS' AND 'systemic inflammation', 'PCOS' AND 'metabolic syndrome', 'PCOS' AND 'allergy'. Five papers meeting prespecified search criteria were found of which two were registry studies of relevance. The current literature supports a coexistense of PCOS and asthma and gives us an indication of the causes for the possible link between PCOS and asthma. Further research in the area must be conducted to determine the exact nature and magnitude of the association.

Keywords: Asthma; Inflammation; Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

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