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European Congress of Endocrinology 2021

Online
22 May 2021 - 26 May 2021

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The European Congress of Endocrinology provides a global platform for the international endocrine community to discuss the latest advances in the field.

Symposia

Symposium 7: Inheritable metabolism

ea0073s7.3 | Symposium 7: Inheritable metabolism | ECE2021

Transgenerational influences of AMH and the pathogenesis of PCOS

Giacobini Paolo

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the major reproductive and metabolic disorder affecting 10 - 15% of women in reproductive age. Up to 70 percent of daughters of women with PCOS also develop the disease, but genetic variation doesn’t fully explain the high incidence within families and the mechanisms underpinning its transmission remain to be elucidated. We have previously shown that prenatal anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) exposure leads to the manifestation of P...