Evaluation of secondary amenorrhea

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Key articles

Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Current evaluation of amenorrhea. Fertil Steril. 2008 Nov;90(suppl 5):S219-25.Full text  Abstract

Goodman LR, Warren MP. The female athlete and menstrual function. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Oct;17(5):466-70. Abstract

Wellons MF, Weeber KM, Rebar RW. Amenorrhea. In: Falcone T, Hurd WW, eds. Clinical reproductive medicine and surgery: a practical guide. 3rd ed. Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing; 2017:109-22.

Reference articles

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