Fertility and Sterility
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Pages 913-918 , November 1998

Menopausal-like hot flashes reported in women of reproductive age

Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 25, 1993.

  • Philip M Hahn (M.Sc.)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Jacqueline Wong, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • Present address: Weeneebayko General Hospital, Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert L. Reid, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6 (FAX: 613-545-6779
    • ,
  • Robert L Reid, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Received 20 January 1998 ,Revised 15 June 1998 ,Accepted 15 June 1998.

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☆ Supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario).

PII: S0015-0282(98)00281-7

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