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Family physicians seeing gynecologic patients occasionally encounter the patient with amenorrhea. The most common diagnosis is anovulation, which can be made easily; but other diagnoses are not uncommon and can also be made by those family physicians who realize immediate referral is not usually indicated and high technology equipment not usually required.
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Johnson, C.A. (1994). Menstrual Disorders. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4005-9_105
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