Premature menopause: a reversible entity?
Szlachter, B.N.; Nachtigall, L.E.; Epstein, J.; Young, B.K.; Weiss, G.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 54(3): 396-398
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844 PMID: 224354 Document Number: 145749
Secondary hypergonadotropic, hypoestrogenic amenorrhea, or premature menopause, is usually considered an irreversible process. Four patients with this entity were observed to have evidence of ovulation. Three of these patients became pregnant while they were treated with estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) for their hypoestrogenic symptoms. Estrogen replacement may be effective in reversal of this process.