Solving the mystery of menstrual dysfunction

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Menstruation, a regular, recurring event in a woman's life between ages 12½ and 52, can be a mysterious and confusing cyclic phenomenon. The anxiety created by a change in a patient's menstrual cycle is realistic, because both she and her physician know that the change may signal the presence of serious disease. One of the exciting developments of the last 20 years of medical research is that the physiology of the menstrual cycle has become quite well understood. Dr Redmond discusses the most common causes of menstrual dysfunction in light of this new knowledge.