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Descriptor English: Menopause
Descriptor Spanish: Menopausia
Descriptor menopausia
Scope note: Último período menstrual. El cese permanente de las menstruaciones (MENSTRUACIÓN) suele definirse después de 6 a 12 meses de AMENORREA en una mujer de más de 45 años de edad. En los Estados Unidos, la menopausia suele presentarse en las mujeres entre los 48 y los 55 años de edad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Menopausa
Descriptor French: Ménopause
Entry term(s): Change of Life, Female
Tree number(s): G08.686.157.500
G08.686.841.249.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008593
Scope note: The last menstrual period. Permanent cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) is usually defined after 6 to 12 months of AMENORRHEA in a woman over 45 years of age. In the United States, menopause generally occurs in women between 48 and 55 years of age.
Annotation: PERIMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; and POSTMENOPAUSE are available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
DE drug effects
EH ethnology
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PX psychology
RE radiation effects
UR urine
Related: Estrogen Replacement Therapy MeSH
Hot Flashes MeSH
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal MeSH
Postmenopause MeSH
Premenopause MeSH
DeCS ID: 22243
Unique ID: D008593
NLM Classification: WP 580
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Menopause - Preferred
Concept UI M0013380
Scope note The last menstrual period. Permanent cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) is usually defined after 6 to 12 months of AMENORRHEA in a woman over 45 years of age. In the United States, menopause generally occurs in women between 48 and 55 years of age.
Preferred term Menopause
Entry term(s) Change of Life, Female



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