Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: Past, Present, and Future
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is the loss of normal ovarian function before the age of 40 years, a condition that affects approximately 1% of women under 40 years old and 0.1% of women under 30 years old.
Seung Joo Chon +4 more
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Early Menopause: Reproductive Adaptation of Javanese Women in Oransbari Distric West Papua
Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation due to loss of ovarian follicular activity. Assessment of the age of menopause is particularly important because previous studies have shown a high risk of osteoporosis, hypertension, stroke, and ...
Elda Irma Jeanne Joice Kawulur +3 more
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Background Early onset of menopause is a risk factor for several health problems. The objective was primarily to investigate the association between early menopause and current, past active and passive smoking.
Sundby Johanne +3 more
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Population-based estimates of the prevalence of FMR1 expansion mutations in women with early menopause and primary ovarian insufficiency [PDF]
PURPOSE: Primary ovarian insufficiency before the age of 40 years affects 1% of the female population and is characterized by permanent cessation of menstruation. Genetic causes include FMR1 expansion mutations.
A Marozzi +33 more
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Early Menarche, Nulliparity, and the Risk for Premature and Early Natural Menopause [PDF]
Study question: How the timing of menarche and parity link with premature and early natural 42 menopause? Summary answer: Early menarche (≤11 years) is a risk factor for both premature menopause (final 44 menstrual period, FMP
Alissa Goodman +25 more
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Early Cardiac Changes After Menopause [PDF]
Abstract —The mechanisms underlying the increased cardiovascular risk after menopause are incompletely known. To investigate whether menopause may induce left ventricular structural and functional adaptations in normotensive and hypertensive women, we compared in a case-control setting (1) 76 untreated hypertensive ...
G, Schillaci +4 more
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Ovarian reserve and anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) in mothers of dizygotic twins [PDF]
This study aimed to explore if natural dizygotic (DZ) twinning is associated with earlier menopause and lower anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) values. We investigated if advanced biological reproductive aging, which can be responsible for the multiple ...
Boomsma, Dorret I +4 more
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Events in Early Life are Associated with Female Reproductive Ageing: A UK Biobank Study. [PDF]
The available oocyte pool is determined before birth, with the majority of oocytes lost before puberty. We hypothesised that events occurring before birth, in childhood or in adolescence ('early-life risk factors') could influence the size of the oocyte ...
Henley, William E +5 more
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Premature menopause or early menopause: Long-term health consequences [PDF]
To review and summarize current evidence on the health consequences of premature menopause and early menopause.We reviewed existing literature and combined graphically some results from the Mayo Clinic Cohort Study of Oophorectomy and Aging.Premature menopause or early menopause may be either spontaneous or induced.
Lynne T, Shuster +4 more
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Methods used in cross-culturalcomparisons of vasomotor symptoms and their determinants [PDF]
Methodological differences among studies of vasomotor symptoms limit rigorous comparison or systematic review. Vasomotor symptoms generally include hot flushes and night sweats although other associated symptoms exist.
Anderson, Debra +3 more
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