Investigating menopause in adolescent girls

• Menstrual irregularities in adolescents might rarely be attributed to primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). • Investigation involves genetic screen, karyotyping, autoimmune screen, metabolic screen and exclusion of viral infections. • POI has significant implications for the future cardiovascular a...

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Autor principal: Armeni, Eleni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30581764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2018.e00092
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description • Menstrual irregularities in adolescents might rarely be attributed to primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). • Investigation involves genetic screen, karyotyping, autoimmune screen, metabolic screen and exclusion of viral infections. • POI has significant implications for the future cardiovascular and bone health as well as for fertility. • Cornerstone of treatment is hormone supplementation with combined estrogen/progestogen or contraceptives.
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spelling pubmed-63022422018-12-21 Investigating menopause in adolescent girls Armeni, Eleni Case Rep Womens Health Article • Menstrual irregularities in adolescents might rarely be attributed to primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). • Investigation involves genetic screen, karyotyping, autoimmune screen, metabolic screen and exclusion of viral infections. • POI has significant implications for the future cardiovascular and bone health as well as for fertility. • Cornerstone of treatment is hormone supplementation with combined estrogen/progestogen or contraceptives. Elsevier 2018-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6302242/ /pubmed/30581764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2018.e00092 Text en © 2018 The Author http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302242/
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