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Climacteric phase -
ANSWER The period of endrocrinologic, somatic, and
transitory psychologic changes that occur around the time of menopause.
Early menopause -
ANSWER
LMP before age 45 Late
menopause -
ANSWER
LMP after age 54
Primary ovarian insufficiency - age 40
ANSWER
Menopause that occurs before
Early menopause transition (stage-2) -
ANSWER
Persistent
difference of 7 days or more in the length of consecutive cycles.
Late menopause transition (stage-1)-
ANSWER
60 or more
consecutive days of amenorrhea
Luteal out of phase event (LOOP) -
ANSWER
Explains why some
perimenopausal women have elevated estrogen level sometimes...In the early menopause transition, elevated FSH levels are adequate to recruit a second follicle which results in a follicular phase-like rise in estradiol secretion superimposed on the mid-to-late luteal phase of the ongoing ovulatory cycle.
Obese women and estradiol levels during menopause -
ANSWER
Obese women are more likely to have anovulatory cycles with high estradiol levels. They are also more likely to have lower premenopause yet higher postmenopause estradiol levels compared with women of normal weight. (why they are at higher risk of endometrial cancer)
Chinese and Japanese women -
ANSWER
These ethnic groups have
lower estradiol levels then white, black and hispanic women.
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