Sexuality & fertility
POF — References & further reading
1 National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHHD). 2007. Do I have premature ovarian failure? URL: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/pof/ (accessed 07.17.2007).
2 Shuster L., et al. 2009. Premature menopause or early menopause: Long-term health consequences. Maturitas. [Epub ahead of print.] URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19733988 (accessed 12.14.2009).
3 NIH/NICHHD, 2007.
4 Lab Tests Online. A public resource on clinical lab testing form the laboratory professionals who do the testing. 2006. FSH: The test. URL: http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/fsh/test.html (accessed 07.17.2007).
5 Lisabeth, L., et al. 2009. Age at natural menopause and risk of ischemic stroke: The Framingham Heart Study. Stroke, 40 (4), 1044–1049. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19233935 (accessed 02.17.2010).
The International Premature Ovarian Failure Association (IPOFA). 2004. URL (PDF): http://www.pofsupport.org/information/faq/FAQ2004.pdf (accessed 07.17.2007).
[The mission of the IPOFA is: “To provide community, support and information to women with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) and their loved ones; to increase public awareness and understanding of POF; and to work with health care professionals to better understand this condition.”]
6 Goswami, R., et al. 2006. Prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in sporadic idiopathic hypoparathyroidism in comparison to type 1 diabetes and premature ovarian failure. J. Clin. Endocrin. Metab, 91 (11). URL: http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/91/11/4256 (accessed 01.11.08).
Belvisi, L., et al. 1993. Organ-specific autoimmunity in patients with premature ovarian failure. J. Endocrinol. Invest., 16 (11), 889–892. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8144865 (accessed 03.01.2010).
7 Epigee Women’s Health. [No publication date given.] Early and premature menopause. URL: http://www.epigee.org/menopause/early.html (accessed 07.17.2007).
8 Bakalov, V., et al. 2002. Adrenal antibodies detect asymptomatic auto-immune adrenal insufficiency in young women with spontaneous premature ovarian failure. Human Reproduction, 17 (8), 2096–2100. URL: http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/17/8/2096 (accessed 03.01.2010).
9 Mattison, D., et al. 1984. Familial premature ovarian failure. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 36 (6), 1341–1348.URL (PDF): http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1684657&blobtype=pdf (accessed 08.07.2007).
10 Santoro, N. 2001. Research on the mechanisms of premature ovarian failure. J. Soc. Gynecol. Investig., 8 (1 Suppl. Proc.), S10–12. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11223362 (accessed 07.17.2007).
11 Epigee Women’s Health. [No publication date given.] Early and premature menopause. URL: http://www.epigee.org/menopause/early.html (accessed 07.17.2007).
12 Science Daily. 2002. Drug protects fertility, offspring in mice after radiation exposure. URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020903071656.htm (accessed 07.09.2007).
13 Santoro, N. 2003. Mechanisms of premature ovarian failure. Ann. Endocrinol. (Paris), 64 (2), 87–92. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12773939 (accessed 08.07.2007).
14 Science Daily. 2001. Scientists isolate premature ovarian failure gene. URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/01/010131074320.htm (accessed 07.09.2007).
15 Gosden R., et al. 2007. Prevalence of premature ovarian failure in monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Hum. Reprod., 22 (2), 610–615. URL: http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/22/2/610 (accessed 02.25.2010).
European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (2006, October 26). American research finds twins more likely to have premature menopause. Science Daily. URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061025085255.htm (accessed 01/22/2008).
16 BioHealth Diagnostics. [No date listed.] Pituitary profile. URL: http://www.biodia.com/test223.html (accessed 07.09.2007).
References regarding TCM for POF
a Chao, S., et al. 2003. Pregnancy in premature ovarian failure after therapy using Chinese herbal medicine. Chang Gung Med. J., 26 (6), 449–452. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12956293 (accessed 07.17.2007).
b Sha, G., et al. 1999. “Clinical Study on 76 Cases of Premature Ovarian Failure Treated with Acupuncture and Moxibustion.” In Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, X. Cheng & L. Deng., Eds., pp. 199–201. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press.
c Wikipedia.org. Clomiphene. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clomiphene (accessed 08.07.2007).
d Huang, S., & Chen, A. 2008. Traditional Chinese Medicine and fertility. Curr. Opin. Obstet. Gynecol., 20 (3), 211–215. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18460933 (accessed 02.25.2010).
Peng, Y., et al. 2006. [Advances of modern studies of acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of ovulation disorders.]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 26 (1), 756–759. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17117581 (accessed 07.17.2007).
e Rubio, R. 2005. Acupuncture for conception. URL: http://www.thefertilitycure.com/Conditions/Medical_Research/Medical_Research_POF.htm (accessed 02.25.2010).
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Premature ovarian failure
Original Publication Date: 01/31/2008
Last Modified: 03/02/2010
Principal Author: Marcella Sweet