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Premature Ovarian Failure
Review: Spontaneous premature ovarian failure isn't early menopause
July 7th, 2005
An article by researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health, and published in the journal Fertility and Sterility provided an update on the management of women with spontaneous premature ovarian failure (POF). L.M. Nelson, S.N. Covington, and R.W. Rebar based their comments on a "literature review and consensus building among three clinicians with experience in caring for women with spontaneous POF," they wrote. "Clearly the ovarian 'failure' in this disorder is not permanent in all women," the researchers said. "Approximately 5-10% may conceive spontaneously and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-07)
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