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Menopause Before 40 ‐ Premature, but Not Always Permanent
Author(s) -
Eden John A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1993.tb02394.x
Subject(s) - premature menopause , menopause , premature ovarian failure , medicine , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , premature ovarian insufficiency , hormonal replacement therapy , gynecology , chemotherapy , surgical menopause , obstetrics , testosterone (patch)
Summary: Seventy‐five women with premature menopause presented to a reproductive endocrinologist over a 3‐year interval. Thirty‐five had an identifiable cause, usually a chromosomal defect, autoantibodies or cytotoxic chemotherapy. Forty had no apparent cause and of this group 5 conceived on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Overall, this group of oestrogen deficient women had spent nearly half of their meno‐pausal years to date, not on HRT.