In a survey of 75 dancers (mean age, 24.3 years) in four professional ballet companies, we found that the prevalence of scoliosis was 24 percent and that it rose with increases in age at menarche. Fifteen of 18 dancers (83 percent) with scoliosis had had a delayed menarche (14 years or older), as compared with 31 of 57 dancers (54 percent) without scoliosis (P less than 0.04). The dancers with ...

OBJECTIVE To highlight the recent developments in the field of menstrual function in sports and to provide an overview of our current understanding in regard to the pathophysiology, evaluation and management strategies of exercise-related reproductive dysfunction. DESIGN A PUBMED search was carried out and all articles published from 1980 to 2010 with title words related to exercise, athletes...

BACKGROUND Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) is classically defined as 4-6 months of cessation of menses (amenorrhea) in women under 40, associated with menopausal level of serum gonadotropins FSH > 40 IU/L and hypo-estrogenism and is also referred to as hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. This disorder can manifest as primary amenorrhea without the onset of menses (menarche), or as secondary a...

BACKGROUND: Consanguinity is defined as the marriage between close relatives. The deleterious effects associated with consanguinity may be caused by the expression of rare recessive genes inherited from common ancestors. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The present study was undertaken to analyze the effect of consanguinity on chromosomal abnormality (CA). METHODS AND MATERIALS: During last 6 years period,...

introduction: primary ovarian failure (pof) is a syndrome composed of amenorrhea, estrogen deficiency and follicular stimulating hormone (fsh) of menopausal ranges in young women. in this article, we report a case of primary amenorrhea that presented with full term pregnancy.case presentation: a 29-year old woman with a history of primary amenorrhea attended hospital with full term pregnancy. s...