"Could An Antibody Test Serve For Simple Diagnosis Of PCOS?" - Miriam E Tucker
Detection of an autoantibody directed at a peptide on the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRH) could serve as a diagnostic laboratory test for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), pioneering new research indicates. Gregory Dodell, MD, an assistant clinical professor of medicine, endocrinology, diabetes, and bone disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, called the findings "groundbreaking. There are so many patients who come into our practices frustrated by years of delay in getting a diagnosis to explain their symptoms....If we had a test, like the one we have for thyroid disease, not only endocrinologists would find that useful but ob-gyns and even primary-care physicians could use it to diagnose the condition earlier and then refer to endocrinologists to let us manage it. It would speed things up," Dr Dodell told Medscape Medical News.
- Gregory Dodell, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai