The ageing woman
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چکیده
When does (sexual) ageing begin? Ageing is the natural progression of changes in structure and function that occurs with the passage of time in the absence of known disease [1] Women experience reproductive aging (hypothalamicpituitary-ovarian axis) superimposed on chronological aging. Reproductive aging begins at birth, with the progressive destruction of the oocyte’s reserve, and proceeds as a continuum. It reaches an essentially non-functional state (menopause) much earlier than other body systems and at a time in which women are otherwise healthy [1]. Much of the research on the relative effects of reproductive aging has focused on menopause [2-6].
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