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Perimenopause

"Perimenopause" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The transitional period before and after MENOPAUSE. Perimenopausal symptoms are associated with irregular MENSTRUAL CYCLE and widely fluctuated hormone levels. They may appear 6 years before menopause and subside 2 to 5 years after menopause.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Perimenopause" by people in this website by year, and whether "Perimenopause" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2011
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