Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome?

BMJ. 2017 Aug 16:358:j3694. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3694.

Tessa Copp^{1

2}, Jesse Jansen^{3

2}, Jenny Doust^{4

5}, Ben Wj Mol^{6

7}, Anuja Dokras⁸, Kirsten McCaffery^{1

2}

¹ Wiser Healthcare, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
² Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-Based Decision-Making (CeMPED), University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
³ Wiser Healthcare, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia jesse.jansen@sydney.edu.au.
⁴ Wiser Healthcare, Bond University, QLD 4229, Australia.
⁵ Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, QLD 4229, Australia.
⁶ Robinson Research Institute, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
⁷ The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia.
⁸ Penn PCOS Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US.

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