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Descriptor
English
:
Menopause
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Menopausia
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Menopausa
Synonyms
English
:
Change of Life, Female
Tree Number:
G08.520.960.249.500
Definition
English
:
The last menstrual period. Permanent cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) is usually defined after 6 to 12 months of
AMENORRHEA
in a woman over 45 years of age. In the
United States
,
menopause
generally occurs in
women
between 48 and 55 years of age.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
PERIMENOPAUSE;
PREMENOPAUSE
; and
POSTMENOPAUSE
are available
See Related
English
:
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Hot Flashes
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
Postmenopause
Premenopause
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
drug effects
ethnology
genetics
immunology
metabolism
physiology
psychology
radiation effects
urine
Record Number:
22243
Unique Identifier:
D008593
Occurrence in VHL
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