Menopause

"Menopause" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The last menstrual period. Permanent cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) is usually defined after 6 to 12 months of AMENORRHEA in a woman over 45 years of age. In the United States, menopause generally occurs in women between 48 and 55 years of age.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Menopause" by people in this website by year, and whether "Menopause" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 97 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2008
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