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Considerations on the output of pituitary gonadotrophins in the perimenopause

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The Climacteric: An Update

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Unlike the menarchal age, the timing of the onset of the climacteric in our studied population displayed no variation over a considerable period of time. For a given population a statistically predictable mean can easily be determined. The onset occurs invariably at the very end of the fourth decade of life.

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  1. Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, OCMW Jan Palfijn, Lange Bremstraat 70, 2060, Merksem (Antwerpen), Belgium

    H. van Herendael  & B. van Herendael  & 

  2. International Health Foundation, 8 avenue Don Bosco, 1150, Brussels, Belgium

    F. E. Riphagen

  3. VZW Jan Palfijn, Gelaagstraat 82, 2648, Steendorp, Belgium

    L. Goessens

  4. VZW Jan Palfijn, de Merodelei 141, 2300, Turnhout, Belgium

    H. van der Pas

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Vandekerckhove, D., Dhont, M., Serreyn, R. (1984). Considerations on the output of pituitary gonadotrophins in the perimenopause. In: van Herendael, H., van Herendael, B., Riphagen, F.E., Goessens, L., van der Pas, H. (eds) The Climacteric: An Update. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5608-7_10

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