Premature ovarian failure

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Case #1

Impaired Ovarian Reserve

Premature Menopause

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, NICHD Information Resource Center, Do I have Premature Ovarian Failure? NIH pub. No. 03-5159, August 2003. You can order free copies by calling 1-800-370-2943, and it’s also available for download at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/pof/upload/premature_ovarian_failure.pdf

National Institutes of Health/ Premature Ovarian Failure website http://eclipse.nichd.nih.gov/nichd/deb/geuPOF/resources.htm

Current POF Clinical trials via the NIH recruiting patients http://www.clinicaltrials.gov and search “premature ovarian failure”

“What’s The Best Approach To Spontaneous Premature Ovarian Failure?”, by Dr. Lawrence Nelson, Principal Investigator at NIH for POF research studies/clinical trials. http://pof.nichd.nih.gov/Contemp_ObGyn_2004_POF.pdf

Women with premature menopause at increased risk for potentially fatal adrenal condition-early diagnosis can lead to effective treatment, NIH News Release. http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2002/nichd-30.htm. Nelson, L., 2002.

Irregular periods in young women could be warning sign for later osteoporosis, NIH News Release. http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2002/nichd-29.htm. Nelson, L., 2002.

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