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Spanish consensus on premature menopause.
INTRODUCTION While we recognise that the term premature menopause is more accepted by most non-specialist health care providers and by the general population, 'primary ovarian insufficiency' (POI) is currently considered the most apposite term to explain the loss of ovarian function, because it better explains the variability of the clinical picture, does not specify definitive failure, and hig...
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When we use the term “premature menopause” or climacterium praecox, we mean cessation of the normal cyclic ovarian function prior to the age of 40. Some authors have defined the limit at an even earlier age, namely 35 and in some cases even 30 [1]. Especially in young women, speaking of a prema ture menopause often causes problems for psychological reasons. The thought of being menopausal at s...
متن کاملEffect of premature menopause on sexuality.
Premature menopause, that is, menopause - spontaneous or iatrogenic - occurring at or before the age of 40 years, affects sexual identity, sexual function and sexual relationships. The woman's health, wellbeing and achievement of life's goals may be variably impaired. Factors modulating the individual's sexual outcome after premature menopause include: etiological heterogeneity of premature men...
متن کاملThe idiopathic forms of premature menopause and early menopause show the same genetic pattern.
Genetic factors may influence the timing of menopause. Premature ovarian failure (POF) has recently been identified as a genetic entity, but no genetic data are available on early menopause (EM). We investigated 36 patients with EM (age of menopause between 40 and 45 years of age) using cytogenetic and pedigree analysis. In 30 patients of this study the EM was idiopathic and 15 subjects (50%) h...
متن کاملPremature menopause in a multi-ethnic population study of the menopause transition.
BACKGROUND Premature menopause, also termed premature ovarian failure (POF), is characterized by cessation of menstruation before the age of 40 years. Little information is available on the general prevalence of POF or on the prevalence by ethnic group. There is also a lack of information on the association of POF with health indicators. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of women aged 40-55 ye...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2141-9248
DOI: 10.4103/2141-9248.109458