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Premature ovarian insufficiency, early menopause, and induced menopause

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a condition in which there is a decline in ovarian function in women who are younger than 40 years resulting in a hypo-oestrogenic state with elevated gonadotrophins and oligomenorrhoea/amenorrhoea. This leads to short term complications of menopausal symptoms and long-term effects on bone and cardiovascular ...
Haitham, Hamoda, Angela, Sharma
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Premature Menopause

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 2015
A heterogeneous disorder, premature menopause is not an uncommon entity, affecting approximately 1% of women younger than 40 years. Multisystem implications are recognized as sequelae to the premature deprivation of ovarian steroids, posing unique health-related challenges in this population.
Saioa, Torrealday, Lubna, Pal
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Prämature Menopause

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 1986
In 46 patients with the diagnosis of "premature menopause" menstrual history, clinical findings and hormonal quantitations were analysed. This clinical entity was evaluated with regard to a rapid verification of the diagnosis. The age of the investigated women with secondary failure to menstruate varied between 13 to 39 years (mean value 29 years ...
J, Fauser, M, Zwirner, A E, Schindler
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Management of premature menopause

Menopause International, 2007
There has been some confusion among women and health professionals since the publication of the Women's Health Initiative and Million Women studies about the management of premature ovarian failure (POF). Both studies were undertaken in women aged 50 and over, and cannot be extrapolated to their younger counterparts, who would normally be producing ...
Joan, Pitkin   +6 more
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Premature Menopause After Cancer Treatment

Cancer Practice, 1999
The purpose of this report is to examine the impact that cancer therapies have on ovarian function.Symptoms of and conditions due to estrogen deficiency after cancer therapy are described, and interventions are proposed. The consequences of short-term as well as prolonged estrogen deficiency-including vasomotor instability, infertility, genitourinary ...
E, Muscari Lin, J L, Aikin, B C, Good
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Premature menopause – Meeting the needs

Post Reproductive Health, 2014
Premature menopause is characterized by amenorrhea, elevated gonadotropin levels and sex steroid deficiency occurring in women below 40 years of age. Heterogeneity of premature ovarian failure is reflected by various causes, both spontaneous and iatrogenic. X chromosomal abnormalities remain the main cause of primary ovarian insufficiency.
D, Shah, N, Nagarajan
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Mechanisms of Premature Menopause

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 2005
Premature menopause is characterized by amenorrhea, elevated circulating gonadotropin levels, and low circulating estrogen levels in women under the age of 40 years. Although hormonal values are similar to those found during the menopausal transition and after menopause, it is clear that women with this disorder differ in important ways from normal ...
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