[Changes during menopause].
As pointed out in the previous article in Revista Rol Enfermeria 2006; 29(1), a deficit in ovarian hormones can cause alterations which do not appear in all women in the same way or degree of intensity. These alterations are present in 75 to 80% of women, but only one-third suffer problems severe enough to significantly affect their quality of life. An ovarian breakdown causes a series of short-, middle- and long-term alterations which shall be described in the following article.
Jiménez de Luque
Pilar
P
CAM Ermitañaga.
Mejías Jiménez
Araceli
A
Avis Alvarado
María
M
Biota Jiménez
Pilar
P
Sánchez Inchausti
Felisa
F
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*