Oligomenorrhea in Exercising Women

    November 2009 in “ Sports Medicine ”
    Susan Awdishu, Nancy I. Williams, Sheila Laredo, Mary Jane De Souza
    Studysummary This review explores whether oligomenorrhoea in exercising women is a mild subclinical phenotype of PCOS or part of a spectrum of energy deficiency-related menstrual disturbances, without new clinical results.
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