"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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008593
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.157.500 G08.686.841.249.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Menopause" by people in Profiles.
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Endocrine Conditions in Older Adults: Menopause. FP Essent. 2018 Nov; 474:20-27.
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Emerging Research on the Implications of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Coronary Heart Disease. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2018 10 22; 20(12):57.
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Female Hormonal Factors and the Risk of Endometrial Cancer in Lynch Syndrome. JAMA. 2015 Jul 07; 314(1):61-71.
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The effects of estrogen on serum level and hepatocyte expression of PCSK9. Metabolism. 2015 Apr; 64(4):554-60.
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Menopause negatively impacts sexual lives of middle-aged Iranian women: a cross-sectional study. J Sex Marital Ther. 2014; 40(6):552-60.
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Outcomes of observation as therapy for pelvic organ prolapse: a study in the natural history of pelvic organ prolapse. Neurourol Urodyn. 2013 Apr; 32(4):383-6.
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Reproductive status at first diagnosis influences risk of radiation-induced second primary contralateral breast cancer in the WECARE study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Nov 15; 84(4):917-24.
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No association between ADCYAP1R1 and post-traumatic stress disorder in two independent samples. Mol Psychiatry. 2012 Mar; 17(3):239-41.
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Duration of estrogen deprivation, not chronological age, prevents estrogen's ability to enhance hippocampal synaptic physiology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Nov 09; 107(45):19543-8.
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Reproductive factors and risk of contralateral breast cancer by BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status: results from the WECARE study. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Jun; 21(6):839-46.