Endocrinology of the Climacteric

Nanette Santoro, Drew V. Tortoriello
In: Menopause · 1999 · pp. 21–34 · doi:10.1007/978-1-59259-246-3_2 · W146886007
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Abstract

Menopause is that point of time in a woman’s life when there occurs the permanent cessation of menstrual activity. Although this itself is a discrete milestone on whose basis we very often classify women for health and social issues, the event itself is merely the manifest culmination of an altered endocrinological milieu, the origins of which usually precede the menopause by more than a decade. It was not until after 1900 that the average life expectancy of a woman actually exceeded the time at which most women would naturally encounter the menopause (1). Therefore the study of the menopausal transition is still in its early stages. However, as the world’s population continues to expand (2), and as the projected life expectancy of women approaches the mid-80s, it becomes critical to better understand the physiology of the menopause. Therein lies the ability to improve the quality and duration of the mature woman’s life.

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