Pituitary causes of amenorrhea should be considered in women with low or normal gonadotropin levels. Pituitary causes of amenorrhea constitute 18% of cases of secondary amenorrhea and 7% of cases of primary amenorrhea (1). Hyperprolactinemia is the most common cause of pituitary amenorrhea, comprising 15% of all cases of secondary amenorrhea and 80% of pituitary cases of secondary amenorrhea (2...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the causes of amenorrhea in Korean women. METHODS Medical records from 1,212 women with amenorrhea who visited the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asan Medical Center, between January 1989 and December 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. Amenorrhea was categorized as either primary or secondary. RESULTS Primary amenorrhea was identified in 132 of the patien...

Background: The objectives of this study were to determine the etiologic causes of amenorrhea, the prevalence of müllerian anomalies as a cause of primary amenorrhea and the different varieties of müllerian anomalies causing primary amenorrhea. Methods: This study included all the women presenting with primary amenorrhea who presented to the department of obstetrics and gynecology, Nalanda Medi...

Introduction: During puberty, menarche represents the most important event in females. Amenorrhea is defined as the absence of menstruation during puberty. Aim: To evaluate the adolescents with amenorrhea and to analyzed the management of these patients. Material and method: We analyzed 216 patients admitted to the Endocrinology Department over a period of five years, from 2007 to 2012. The stu...

Pulse (beans, lentils, chickpeas, peas) consumption is low in developed countries. Pulses have the potential to benefit management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) because they improve aspects metabolic derangements (dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance), which contribute reproductive disturbances (oligo-amenorrhea, hyperandrogenism). We compared changes knowledge, attitudes, and barriers towar...

Menstrual irregularity is a common occurrence during adolescence, especially within the first 2-3 years after menarche. Prolonged amenorrhea, however, is not normal and can be associated with significant medical morbidity, which differs depending on whether the adolescent is estrogen-deficient or estrogen-replete. Estrogen-deficient amenorrhea is associated with reduced bone mineral density and...

Oligonucleotide probes that can be used for non-denaturing fluorescence in situ hybridization (ND-FISH) analysis are convenient tools for identifying chromosomes of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and its relatives. New oligonucleotide probes, Oligo-HvT01, Oligo-pTa71-1, Oligo-s120.1, Oligo-s120.2, Oligo-s120.3, Oligo-275.1, Oligo-275.2, Oligo-k566 and Oligo-713, were designed based on the repetit...

Amenorrhea is rarely presented as a manifestation of endocrinological disturbances in patients of chronic hydrocephalus. We describe two cases of secondary amenorrhea caused by hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis. Two female patients of age 30 and 20 yr presented with amenorrhea and increasing headache. Magnetic resonance images revealed marked, noncommunicating hydrocephalus without any t...