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ArticleActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2022

Hypomenorrhea in Adolescents and Youths: Normal Variant or Menstrual Disorder? Revision of Literature and Personal Experience.

Vincenzo De Sanctis, Ashraf T Soliman, Ploutarchos Tzoulis, Shahina Daar, Salvatore Di Maio, Giuseppe Millimaggi, Christos Kattamis

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Article in Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Vincenzo De SanctisQuisisana Hospital, Ferrara. vdesanctis@libero.it.
Ashraf T SolimanDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Alexandria University Children's Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. atsoliman56@gmail.com.
Ploutarchos TzoulisDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Whittington Hospital, University College London, London, UK. ptzoulis@yahoo.co.uk.
Shahina DaarDepartment of Haematology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. sf.daar@gmail.com.
Salvatore Di MaioEmeritus Director in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital "Santobono-Pausilipon", Naples, Italy. dimaiosalvatore@tin.it.
Giuseppe MillimaggiRadiology Unit, Quisisana Hospital, Ferrara, Italy. docg.millimaggi@libero.it.
Christos KattamisFirst Department of Pediatrics, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. christos.kattamis@gmail.com.
Arcispedale Sant'Anna · ITHamad General Hospital · QANational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRSantobono Children's Hospital · ITSultan Qaboos University · OMUniversity of Ferrara · ITWhittington Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Menstrual health affects a large number of women throughout reproductive life since adolescence. Knowledge of the duration and variation of the menstrual cycle is necessary for patient education and to identify deviations from normal  to guide clinical evaluation. The average duration of menstrual flow is between 4 to 6 days, with anormal range from 2 up to 8 days ; the mean blood loss per menstrual cycle is 25- 30 mL. In general, descriptive data falling outside the normal range are considered to be indicative of menstrual disorders. Although the American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists advocate for clinicians to consider the menstrual cycle as a vital sign in adolescents, the identification of subjects with hypomenorrhea is neither well defined nor routinely practiced. In this paper we have summarized the published prevalence of hypomenorrhea (lighter and/or shorter menstrual bleeding) in adolescents and youths in different countries and report the personal experience in four adolescents.

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Menstrual CycleMenstruation DisturbancesAdolescentChildFemaleHumansPrevalence

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PMID35315382
PMCPMC8972894
OpenAlexW4221083696

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