Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-371

  Gordon, Catherine M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHEA; INFERTILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OSTEOLYSIS; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RUNNING; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; WEIGHT GAIN; AMENORRHEA; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SECRETION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ATHLETES; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTROGENS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; OVARY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77954825540     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp0912024     Document Type: Article

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