Using longitudinal data to define the perimenopause by menstrual cycle characteristics

Climacteric

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-25

  Dudley, E C ^a   Hopper, J L ^a   Taffe, J ^a   Guthrie, J R ^a   Burger, H G ^b   Dennerstein, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Definitions; Hormones; Menopause; Menstruation; Perimenopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; INHIBIN;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AMENORRHEA; AUSTRALIA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032023875     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697139809080677     Document Type: Article

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