Results 11 to 20 of about 2,175,601 (208)
Premature ovarian failure [PDF]
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2006 Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a primary ovarian defect characterized by absent menarche (primary amenorrhea) or premature depletion of ovarian follicles before the age of 40 years (secondary amenorrhea).
Persani Luca, Beck-Peccoz Paolo
doaj +8 more sources
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 1998 In 1% of women, premature ovarian failure develops by 40 years of age, a condition causing amenorrhea, infertility, sex steroid deficiency, and elevated gonadotropins.
Kalantaridou, S. N. +2 more
core +4 more sources
Premature ovarian failure in a woman with a balanced 15;21 translocation: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction A case of premature ovarian failure with concomitant findings of Robertsonian translocation between 15 and 21 chromosomes is reported here.
Asgari Zahra +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Premature ovarian failure is not premature menopause
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2000 Normal menopause occurs at an average age of 50 and results from ovarian follicle depletion. Normal menopause is an irreversible condition, whereas premature ovarian failure is characterized by intermittent ovarian function in half of these young women ...
Kalantaridou, S. N., Nelson, L. M.
core +4 more sources
Mutant cohesin in premature ovarian failure. [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2014 International audiencePremature ovarian failure is a major cause of female infertility. The genetic causes of this disorder remain unknown in most patients.
Oka, Kazuhiro +18 more
core +7 more sources
Ovarian antibodies as detected by indirect immunofluorescence are unreliable in the diagnosis of autoimmune premature ovarian failure: a controlled evaluation [PDF]
BMC Women's Health, 2003 Background Ovarian antibodies as detected by indirect immunofluorescence have been used to detect ovarian autoimmunity, but to our knowledge the rate of false positive findings using this method has never been reported.
Nelson Lawrence M +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Premature ovarian failure risk factors in an Iranian population
International Journal of General Medicine, 2012 Alieh Ghassemzadeh1,2, Laya Farzadi1,2, Elaheh Beyhaghi1,21Women’s Reproductive Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; 2Alzahra University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tabriz ...
Ghassemzadeh A, Farzadi L, Beyhaghi E
doaj +1 more source
Premature ovarian failure: morphological and ultrastructural aspects
São Paulo Medical JournalThe authors documented by means of light and transmission electron microscopy that the ovaries of women with premature ovarian failure (POF) displayed dense connective tissue and rare corpora albicantia.
Mauro Abi Haidar +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
REPRODUCTIVE CHANGES IN WOMEN WITH PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE [PDF]
, 2023 Failure to become pregnant after therapy forces the patient to use assisted reproductive technologies using donor embryos and oocytes, while the effectiveness of in vitro fertilization does not exceed 58%.
Boboxonova Muhayyoxon Mo‘minjonovna
core +4 more sources
Premature ovarian failure [PDF]
Human Reproduction Update, 2005 The diagnosis of premature ovarian failure is based on the finding of amenorrhoea before age 40 associated with follicle-stimulating hormone levels in the menopausal range. Screening for associated autoimmune disorders and karyotyping, particularly in early onset disease, constitute part of the diagnostic work up. There is no role for ovarian biopsy or
Deepti, Goswami, Gerard S, Conway
openaire +3 more sources