Aims: To investigate the influence of body weight (BW), fat mass (FM) and lean mass (LM) on the bone mineral density (BMD) of several areas of the skeleton. Participants: Sixty one white postmenopausal women (50.1 + 4.8 years). Measurements: Measurement of BMD by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. The res...
The authors evaluated ovarian volumes by transvaginal ultrasonography at different periods after menopause. Ninety-eight postmenopausal women with an average age of 51.9 years and a one- to eight-year postmenopausal period were studied. The control group consisted of 40 women during menacme with an avera...
The clinical aspects and anatomopathological patterns of 150 postmenopausal women were studied using the progestogen challenge test. An endometrial biopsy was obtained and submitted to the progestogen test. A histopathological analysis of the uterine mucosa from women with a positive progestogen test rev...
To study the cytophysiology of the corpus albicans in the recent postmenopausal period, the authors analyzed the ovarian ultrastructure of ten patients submitted to oophorectomy due to non-malignant gynecological diseases. Evidence of a remodeling process with connective tissue substitution of the corpor...
Estudiando la morfología del ovario en diferentes fases del período de la post-menopausia (de 1 a 5 años y con 11 años o más de menopausia), los autores observaron actividad folicular de tipo cístico o involutivo hasta 10 años después de la menopausia. Los hallazgos histológicos principales fuer...
La disminución o cese de la producción de estrógenos en lamenopausia, ocasiona alteraciones del metabolismo óseo, caracterizadas por la resorción acelerada de tejido óseo. Esta condición es responsable, comúnmente, de la presentación de osteoporosis. Con el objeto de evaluar el estado del remode...
