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secondary amenorrhea

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Vai
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06/14/05 - 01:30 PM

what to do next in secondary amenorrhea after negative pregnancy test: progesteron challange or prolactin/TSH leve; discrepancy between kaplan and crush

ayeshah_l
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06/14/05 - 03:21 PM

prolactin and TSH

chemamr
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06/14/05 - 04:21 PM

TSH and PRL

-if these are abnormal, treat the hyperPRL or hypothyroidism.

-if these are normal, then: progesterone challenge test, if the patient bleeds (anovulation), doesn´t bleed, then estrogen progesterone administration is next.

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ayeshah_l
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06/14/05 - 05:46 PM

yes, for sec. amenorrhea u have to rule out the common conditions first.

pregnancy

hyperprolactinemia and hypothyroidism

rest follows later

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