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10504790

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Studies performed upon american and european population indicate that secondary amenorrhea is associated to 3 months without menses, despite biases observed in age variation and intervals of apparition; nonetheless a 3 month lapse is the standard of reference to quality patients within mexican females. Hence, we investigated the prevalence of secondary amenorrhea among all females (n = 1099) that consulted in our clinic, grouped by age (15-50 yrs), time (months) of amenorrea and identifying the etiology when possible. The prevalence observed was 4.9% with major incidence of 4-12 months of amenorrhea duration (x 5.7 months) between 26-35 years of age. The three most common causes in order of frequency were: Hypothyroidism (14.8%); hiperandrogenism (12.9%) and pituitary adenoma (11.1%). It is concluded that the prevalence of secondary amenorrhea in our study resembled that found in the literature, although in this instance primary hyperthyroidism was the leading cause.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0300-9041
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
374-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
[Prevalence and etiology of secondary amenorrhea in a selected Mexican population].
pubmed:affiliation
Depto. de Biología de la Reproducción Humana, Hospital Juárez de México, SSA, México, D.F.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract