1) Stein IF, Leventhal ML : Amenorrhea associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries. Am J Obstet Gynecol 29 : 181, 1935
2) Norman RJ, Dewailly D, Legro RS, et al : Polycystic ovary syndrome. Lancet 370 : 685─697, 2007
3) Balen AH, Conway GS, Kaltsas G, et al : Polycystic ovary syndrome : the spectrum of the disorder in 1741 patients. Hum Reprod 10 : 2107─2111, 1995
4) Chang WY, Knochenhauer ES, Bartolucci AA, et al : Phenotypic spectrum of polycystic ovary syndrome : clinical and biochemical characterization of the three major clinical subgroups. Fertil Steril 83 : 1717─1723, 2005
5) Hahn S, Tan S, Elsenbruch S, et al : Clinical and biochemical characterization of women with polycystic ovary syndrome in North Rhine-Westphalia. Horm Metab Res 37 : 438─444, 2005
6) Kumar A, Woods KS, Bartolucci AA, et al : Prevalence of adrenal androgen excess in patients with the polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS). Clin Endocrinol 62 : 644─649, 2005
7) Zhang LH, Rodriguez H, Ohno S, et al : Serine phosphorylation of human P450c17 increases 17, 20-lyase activity : implications for adrenarche and the polycystic ovary syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92 : 10619─10623, 1995
8) Hughesdon PE : Morphology and morphogenesis of the Stein-Leventhal ovary and of so-called “hyperthecosis”. Obstet Gynecol Surv 37 : 59─77, 1982
9) Webber LJ, Stubbs S, Stark J, et al : Formation and early development of follicles in the polycystic ovary. Lancet 362 : 1017─1021, 2003
10) Maciel GA, Baracat EC, Benda JA, et al : Stockpiling of transitional and classic primary follicles in ovaries of women with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89 : 5321─5327, 2004
11) Welt CK, Gudmundsson JA, Arason G, et al : Characterizing discrete subsets of polycystic ovary syndrome as defined by the Rotterdam criteria : the impact of weight on phenotype and metabolic features. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91 : 4842─4848, 2006
12) Pache TD, de Jong FH, Hop WC, et al : Association between ovarian changes assessed by transvaginal sonography and clinical and endocrine signs of the polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril 59 : 544─599, 1993
13) Jonard S, Robert Y, Cortet-Rudelli C, et al : Ultrasound examination of polycystic ovaries : is it worth counting the follicles?. Hum Reprod 18 : 598─603, 2003
14) Vendola KA, Zhou J, Adesanya OO, et al : Androgens stimulate early stages of follicular growth in the primate ovary. J Clin Invest 101 : 2622─2629, 1998
15) Dunaif A, Segal KR, Shelley DR, et al : Evidence for distinctive and intrinsic defects in insulin action in polycystic ovary syndrome. Diabetes 41 : 1257─1266, 1992
16) 久保田俊郎,苛原 稔,小辻文和,他 : 「本邦における多嚢胞性卵巣症候群の治療法に関する治療指針作成のための小委員会」報告.日産婦会誌61 : 902─912,2009
17) Group TEA-SPCW : Consensus on infertility treatment related to polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril 89 : 505─522, 2008
18) Kettel LM, Roseff SJ, Berga SL, et al : Hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian response to clomiphene citrate in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril 59 : 532─538, 1993
19) Homburg R : Clomiphene citrate--end of an era? A mini-review. Hum Reprod 20 : 2043─2051, 2005
20) Makinoda S, Hirosaki N, Waseda T, et al : Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor(G-CSF)in the mechanism of human ovulation and its clinical usefulness. Curr Med Chem 15(6) : 604─613, 2008
21) Nestler JE, Jakubowicz DJ : Decreases in ovarian cytochrome P450c17 alpha activity and serum free testosterone after reduction of insulin secretion in polycystic ovary syndrome. N Engl J Med 335 : 617─623, 1996
22) Legro RS, Barnhart HX, Schlaff WD, et al : Clomiphene, metformin, or both for infertility in the polycystic ovary syndrome.N Engl J Med 356 : 551─566, 2007
23) Greenblatt E, Casper RF : Endocrine changes after laparoscopic ovarian cautery in polycystic ovarian syndrome.Am J Obstet Gynecol 156 : 279─285, 1987