Oligomenorrhea Health Article

BOOKS

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,4th ed., Text Revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.

"Menstrual Abnormalities and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding." Section 18, Chapter 235 in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by Mark H. Beers and Robert Berkow. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 2002.

Pelletier, Kenneth R. The Best Alternative Medicine, Part II, "CAM Therapies for Specific Conditions: Menstrual Symptoms, Menopause, and PMS." New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.

PERIODICALS

Gourlay, M. L., and S. A. Brown. "Clinical Considerations in Premenopausal Osteoporosis." Archives of Internal Medicine 164 (March 22, 2004): 603–14.

Klentrou, P., and M. Plyley. "Onset of Puberty, Menstrual Frequency, and Body Fat in Elite Rhythmic Gymnasts Compared with Normal Controls." British Journal of Sports Medicine 37 (December 2003): 490–94.

Milsom, S. R., et al. "LH Levels in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Have Modern Assays Made Them Irrelevant?" Blackwell Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 110 (August 2003): 760–64.

Suliman, A. M., et al. "Frequent Misdiagnosis and Mismanagement of Hyperprolactinemic Patients Before the Introduction of Macroprolactin Screening: Application of a New Strict Laboratory Definition of Macroprolactinemia." Clinical Chemistry 49 (September 2003): 1504–09.

Webber, L. J., et al. "Formation and Early Development of Follicles in the Polycystic Ovary." Lancet 362 (September 27, 2003): 1017–21.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016–3007. Web site: <www.aacap.org>.

American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). 401 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202–3233. Web site: <www.acsm.org>.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association. PO Box 80517, Portland, OR 7280. Web site: <www.pcosupport.org>.