Chapter 47 Amenorrhea
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چکیده
1. To recognize hypergonadotropic hypogonadism as part of the differential diagnosis of delayed puberty 2. To recognize premature ovarian failure as a cause of hypergonadrotropic hypogonadism 3. To recognize chemotherapy and cancer treatment modalities as etiologies of gonadal failure 4. To understand that it is hard to predict which patients will resume normal ovarian function after chemotherapy-induced failure
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