Maturitas
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 19-30 , 20 September 2007

Premenopausal factors influencing premature ovarian failure and early menopause

  • Soung Hoon Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Chung-Sik Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kun-Sei Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyeongsu Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung Vin Yim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Kyunghee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Yun Jeong Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sue Kyung Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 28 Yeongeon-Dong, Jongno-Gu, 110-799 Seoul, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 740 8338; fax: +82 2 747 4830.

Received 11 January 2007 ,Revised 11 April 2007 ,Accepted 12 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.04.001

Maturitas
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 19-30 , 20 September 2007

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