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Amenorrhea

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Multiple etiologies can result in amenorrhea. Symptoms of underlying disorders often overlap, and clinicians must perform a thorough work-up and allow the patient’s history to guide diagnostic tests.

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  1. Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Melissa F. Wellons MD

  2. American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Birmingham, AL, 35216, USA

    Robert W. Rebar MD

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, 1209 Montgomery Highway, Birmingham, AL, 35216, USA

    Robert W. Rebar MD

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  1. Cleveland Clinic, Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Institute, Euclid Ave 9500, Cleveland, 44195, Ohio, USA

    Tommaso Falcone

  2. Duke University Medical Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erwin Rd 2301, Durham, 27705, North Carolina, USA

    William W. Hurd

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Wellons, M.F., Rebar, R.W. (2013). Amenorrhea. In: Falcone, T., Hurd, W. (eds) Clinical Reproductive Medicine and Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6837-0_7

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