Article - Premenstrual Syndrome in Adolescents and Body Composition

Premenstrual Syndrome in Adolescents and Body Composition

Adolescence is a time of initiation of various physical and psychological maturation for young women when endocrinological, metabolic, somatic and psychological changes occur ingirls. During this phase, maturation of the endocrinological system involved in hypothalamus, pituitary and ovary axis occur. 

International Journal of Anatomy & Applied Physiology 

Normal reproductive function indicate the health of components of the axis. Serious gynecologicaldisease is rare in this age group, but menstrual disturbances are not uncommon. The most common menstrual abnormalities are polymenorrhea, oligomenorrhea and dysmenorrhea.

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