Acta Univ Palacki Olomuc Fac Med. 1990 ; 126(): 233-40.

[The polycystic ovary syndrome and increased body mass]

Alieva EA, Fanchenko ND, Pshenichnikova TIa, Parshutin NP, Gasparov AS, Vetr M.

Eighty patients with the polycystic ovarys syndrome (PCOS) and excessive body weight were investigated. Weight loss was achieved by means of a diet in 60 patients, and acupuncture in 20 patients. This kind of treatment resulted in pregnancy in 27 (33.7%) patients. Therefore therapeutic diet or acupuncture may be recommended as the first stage of treatment for weight reduction in PCOS patients.