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Descriptor English: Perimenopause
Descriptor Spanish: Perimenopausia
Descriptor perimenopausia
Scope note: Período de transición que precede y sigue a la MENOPAUSIA. Los síntomas perimenopáusicos están asociados con CICLO MENSTRUAL irregular y fluctúan ampliamente según las concentraciones de hormonas. Pueden aparecer hasta 6 años antes de la menopausia y perdurar entre 2 y 5 años después de la misma.
Descriptor Portuguese: Perimenopausa
Descriptor French: Périménopause
Tree number(s): G08.686.157.500.562
G08.686.841.249.500.562
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D047648
Scope note: The transitional period before and after MENOPAUSE. Perimenopausal symptoms are associated with irregular MENSTRUAL CYCLE and widely fluctuated hormone levels. They may appear 6 years before menopause and subside 2 to 5 years after menopause.
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
Previous Indexing: Climacteric (1980-2004)
Menopause (1982-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see CLIMACTERIC 2002-2004, see PREMENOPAUSE 1995-2001
History Note: 2005; use CLIMACTERIC 2002-2004, use PREMENOPAUSE 1995-2001
DeCS ID: 38867
Unique ID: D047648
NLM Classification: WP 580
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Perimenopause - Preferred
Concept UI M0368551
Scope note The transitional period before and after MENOPAUSE. Perimenopausal symptoms are associated with irregular MENSTRUAL CYCLE and widely fluctuated hormone levels. They may appear 6 years before menopause and subside 2 to 5 years after menopause.
Preferred term Perimenopause



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