"Menopause, Premature" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The premature cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) when the last menstrual period occurs in a woman under the age of 40. It is due to the depletion of OVARIAN FOLLICLES. Premature MENOPAUSE can be caused by diseases; OVARIECTOMY; RADIATION; chemicals; and chromosomal abnormalities.
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D008594
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.351.500.056.630.250 G08.686.157.500.500 G08.686.841.249.500.500
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Menopause, Premature" by people in Profiles.
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Zhai T, Diergaarde B, Wilson DO, Kang H, Sood A, Bayliss SH, Yuan JM, Picchi MA, Lan Q, Belinsky SA, Siegfried JM, Cook LS, Leng S. Early natural menopause is associated with poor lung health and increased mortality among female smokers. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 12; 227(6):885.e1-885.e12.
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Mel?ndez GC, Register TC, Appt SE, Clarkson TB, Franke AA, Kaplan JR. Beneficial effects of soy supplementation on postmenopausal atherosclerosis are dependent on pretreatment stage of plaque progression. Menopause. 2015 Mar; 22(3):289-96.
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Khorram O, Keen-Rinehart E, Chuang TD, Ross MG, Desai M. Maternal undernutrition induces premature reproductive senescence in adult female rat offspring. Fertil Steril. 2015 Jan; 103(1):291-8.e2.
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Coker AL, Sanderson M, Dong B. Partner violence during pregnancy and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2004 Jul; 18(4):260-9.