title: Endocrine profile of women with amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find out the common causes of amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea in south Indian women and to draw up a protocol for evaluation of women with these problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study of 426 women with amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea was carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-one patients had primary amenorrhea, 132 had secondary amenorrhea and 289 women presented with oligomenorrhea. Hypergonadotropic amenorrhea and congenital absence of the uterus and vagina accounted for 60% of primary amenorrhea. Chronic anovulatory disorders and premature ovarian failure were found in 72% of women with secondary amenorrhea but weight loss related amenorrhea was uncommon.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On the basis of the observations made, a protocol for evaluation and management of women with amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea was evolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Seshadri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Seshadri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D009839:Oligomenorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies