Premature menopause or early menopause: Long-term health consequences
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The 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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Maturitas
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0378-5122
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.08.003