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. 2021 Mar 12;9(1):174–191. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoab008

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Models showing how risks for PCOS and endometriosis are mediated by effects of higher versus lower prenatal testosterone on development of the female HPO axis, and how these effects may generate the symptoms of each condition.

Details of the mechanistic links of testosterone and other factors with ectopic endometrial implantation, proliferation and inflammation remain to be discerned.