Relation between climacteric symptoms and ovarian hypofunction in middle-aged and older Japanese women

Menopause

Volumn 11, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 631-638

  Kasuga, Michiko ^a   Makita, Kazuya ^a,b   Ishitani, Ken ^a   Takamatsu, Kiyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^a   Plotnikoff, Gregory A ^a   Horiguchi, Fumi ^a   Nozawa, Shiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climacteric symptoms; Indefinite complaints; Menopause; Menopause clinic; Ovarian function

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLIMACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FROZEN SHOULDER; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; JAPAN; KEIO QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEATING; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 14844341620     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000119984.87302.30     Document Type: Article

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