Menstruation Disorders: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

menstruation disorders, irregularities of menstruation, menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, secondary dysmenorrhea, painful menstruation, menorrhagia, anovulatory cycles, irregular menstrual patterns, thelarche, menarche, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, DUB, menstruation disorders, hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, HPO axis, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids, Crohn disease, constitutional delay of puberty, hypothalamic dysfunction, pituitary failure, gonadal failure, Turner Syndrome, Swyer syndrome, gonadotrophin deficiency, Kallmann syndrome, hyperandrogenic amenorrhea, hypothalamic amenorrhea, hypothyroidism, hyperprolactinemia, outflow tract obstructions, imperforate hymen, vaginal atresia, Müllerian agenesis, androgen insensitivity

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Latha Chandran, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director, Division of General Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine
Latha Chandran, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Elizabeth Alderman, MD, Director of Fellowship Training Program, Director, Adolescent Ambulatory Service, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center
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Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and University of Cincinnati
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Paul D Petry, DO, FACOP, FAAP, Consulting Staff, Freeman Pediatric Care, Freeman Health System
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Andrea L Zuckerman, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine; Division Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Tufts Medical Center
Andrea L Zuckerman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Massachusetts Medical Society, North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, and Society for Adolescent Medicine
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