Menopause and the Aging Female Reproductive System - 10/08/18
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Menopause is a fact of life for women, who live the last third of their lives in a postmenopausal state. Although estrogen replacement therapy offers primary prevention and treatment of vasomotor, urogenital, and osteoporotic symptoms of estrogen deprivation and seems to have beneficial effects on cardiovascular mortality, only 20% of women in the United States currently are taking hormone supplements. This article discusses the menopause-influencing changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis with associated neuroendocrine and sex hormone changes, their physiologic consequences on the reproductive system, and current recommendations for hormone replacement therapy.
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P. 273-295 - juin 1995 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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