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Primary Amenorrhea - Incidence

Medically Reviewed by Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond) on Apr 03, 2008


Incidence

One in ten complainants of menstrual disorders have Primary Amenorrhea


A study in India indicated that 11.1% of adolescent girls, who presented with gynecological complaints of menstrual disorders, had Primary Amenorrhea.

However, the incidence of the disease in women is less than 1%, in the United States.

References:

  1. Balachander,G; Raghavan, G; Rajaram, SS (1993)
  2. J.Obstetrics and. Gynaecology of India, 43(4): 599-604

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