We used cytohistologic correlation to determine the clinical significance of atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high grade (ASC-H) in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. A computer search identified 250 Papanicolaou smears from women older than 45 years with a diagnosis of ASC- H. Cases were considered perimenopausal (45 to < 55 years; 150 cases) and postmenopausal ((3)55 years; 100 c...

Abnormal Uterine bleeding (AUB) is a common reason for women of all ages to consult their gynecologist and is the direct cause of a significant health care burden for women, their families and society as a whole.It affects 10-30% of reproductive age women and upto 50 % of perimenopausal women. The most probable etiology of abnormal uterine bleeding relates to the patients reproductive age, as d...

The present study aimed at investigating the weak cation magnetic separation technology and matrixassisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) in screening serum protein markers of osteopenia from 10 perimenopausal women with normal bone mass and 10 perimenopausal women without osteopenia as control group, to find a new method for screening biomarkers and...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between fat mass, lean mass, and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal and perimenopausal Thai women. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1579 healthy Thai women aged 40-90 years. Total body, lumbar spine, total femur, and femoral neck BMD and body composition were measured by dual x-ray absorptiometry...

introduction: menopause is one of the critical stages in a woman’s life that can influence their health during middle age. takeing into account the prevalence of depression as a psychological problem during menopausal period, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of depression and its relative factors in different stages of menopause in women residing in kermanshah city, 2003. ma...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to assess lipid peroxidation - antioxidant protection with the definition of the oxidative stress coefficient in perimenopausal women with sleep disorders. METHODS 45 perimenopausal women (mean age 49.1±0.32) were examined: 26 patients with sleep disorders, 19 - without sleep disorders. Evaluation of sleep disorders was conducted using a questionnaire of Stanford Centre ...

INTRODUCTION Prevalence of metabolic syndrome increases drastically during menopausal transition. Chronic inflammation is proposed as the basic pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome (MetS). AIM OF THE STUDY To compare mean white blood cell count between perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with and without MetS and find the prevalence of MetS in this patient group. MATERIAL AND METHODS A...