[An unusual case of regular menstrual cycles and endocrine pattern typical for the reproductive age in a patient of advanced age].
The Authors report the persistence of regular menses in a very old woman. Although in the absence of a pulsatile gonadotropin pattern the patient showed estradiol levels typical of the reproductive age.
Jannino
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Divisione Ostreticia Ginecologia, USL n. 16 Civitanova Marche.
Di Prospero
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F
Offidani
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P
Greco
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F
Santori
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P
Foschi
F
F
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000378:metabolism*; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D004967:Estrogens / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008598:Menstruation / Q000502:physiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D004967:Estrogens; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol
Su un interessante caso di flussi mestruali regolari e pattern endocrino tipico dell'età riproduttiva in una paziente in età avanzata.