Menopausal Syndrome: Difference between revisions
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==Contemporary approach== | ==Contemporary approach== | ||
===Diagnosis of menopause | === Diagnosis of menopause === | ||
A woman is noted to have attained menopause only retrospectively. It is diagnosed when there is the cessation of menstruation for 12 consecutive months in a woman of the climacteric period. | A woman is noted to have attained menopause only retrospectively. It is diagnosed when there is the cessation of menstruation for 12 consecutive months in a woman of the climacteric period. | ||