The ReSTAGE Collaboration: defining optimal bleeding criteria for onset of early menopausal transition

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-140

  Harlow, Siobán D ^a   Mitchell, Ellen S ^b   Crawford, Sybil ^c   Nan, Bin ^a   Little, Roderick ^a   Taffe, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging; FSH; Menopausal transition; menopause; menstrual cycle; ovarian function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OVULATION; PERIMENOPAUSE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VICTORIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38149057328     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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