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British Medical Bulletin 56:643-649 (2000)
© 2000 The British Council

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Premature ovarian failure

Gerard S Conway

Department of Endocrinology, The Middlesex Hospital London, UK

Correspondence to Dr Gerard S Conway, Consultant Endocrinologist, The Middlesex Hospital, London W1N 8AA, UK

Abstract

On average, the menopause occurs at the age of 50 years, 1 with 1% of women continuing to menstruate beyond the age of 60 years and 1% whose menopause occurs before 40 years. Arbitrarily, a menopause before the age of 40 years is defined as ‘premature’.


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