Djuro Macut, Ivana Božić Antić, Jelena Nestorov, Vladanka Topalović, Jelica Bjekić Macut, Dimitrios Panidis, Biljana Kastratović Kotlica, Efstathios Papadakis, Gordana Matić, Danijela Vojnović Milutinović
OBJECTIVE: Most women with PCOS have increased adrenal androgen production, enhanced peripheral metabolism of cortisol and elevation in urinary excretion of its metabolites. Increased cortisol clearance in PCOS is followed by a compensatory overdrive of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis …