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Menstrual woes may accompany bipolar illness: precede psychiatric DX.(Gynecology)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Menstrual abnormalities are quite common among women with bipolar disorder, and in most cases precede diagnosis and treatment of the psychiatric disorder, Dr. Natalie L. Rasgon reported at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.
It's likely, however, that mood-stabilizing agents are implicated in a minority of cases of menstrual abnormalities, added Dr. Rasgon of Stanford (Calif.) University.
She evaluated reproductive function in 80 women, aged 18-45, who were being treated for bipolar disorder and not taking oral contraceptives. Overall, 52 women, or 65%, reported having menstrual abnormalities. Of these 52 women with menstrual abnormalities, 40 (77%) indicated that the irregularities preceded the diagnosis of bipolar illness. This strongly suggests that the etiology of the ...
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- Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal Majczenko, Tricia G. Stewart, Jonathan T. April 1, 2007 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Burling, Stacey June 7, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Stacey Burling PHILADELPHIA _ Before his fifth birthday, Jeri Turrin's happy, playful son turned frustrated, disruptive _ full of mad energy. He would race from one end of the house to the other, jumping off the banister because he thought he could fly. His mother feared his horrible rages.
- Bipolar illness linked with abnormal genes.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack August 18, 2008 700+ words
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- Sterilization not the cause of menstrual problems.
- Magazine article from: Contraceptive Technology Update March 1, 2001 700+ words
...whether the likelihood of persistent menstrual abnormalities was greater among women who had...likely than other women to have menstrual abnormalities. Concerns that sterilization...whether tubal sterilization causes menstrual abnormalities, says Herbert Peterson, MD...
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