Re-evaluation of Secondary Amenorrheic Patients One Year after Initial Diagnosis: A Prospective Study

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Matsumoto, Joji ^a   Hata, Toshio ^b  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prospective follow up study; Secondary amenorrhea

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542366472     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.71.63     Document Type: Article

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