Recommendations from a multi-study evaluation of proposed criteria for Staging Reproductive Aging

Climacteric

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-119

  Harlow, S D ^a   Crawford, S ^b   Dennerstein, L ^c   Burger, H G ^d   Mitchell, E S ^e   Sowers, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Follicle stimulating hormone; Menopausal transition; Menopause; Menstrual cycle; Ovarian function

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGING; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE AGING; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

AGING; AMENORRHEA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33947604559     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130701258838     Document Type: Article

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