Abstract
Women with severe liver disease often have amenorrhea that resolves as liver disease abates. We describe three patients with mild to moderate chronic liver disease and amenorrhea. In each case amenorrhea resolved when spironolactone therapy was discontinued. We suggest that spironolactone, an androgen inhibitor, may also cause reversible amenorrhea.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 141-143 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | The Journal of pediatrics |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1992 |
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Primary and secondary amenorrhea associated with spironolactone therapy in chronic liver disease. / Potter, Carol; Willis, Dale; Sharp, Harvey L.; Schwarzenberg, Sarah Jane.
In: The Journal of pediatrics, Vol. 121, No. 1, 07.1992, p. 141-143.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Primary and secondary amenorrhea associated with spironolactone therapy in chronic liver disease
AU - Potter, Carol
AU - Willis, Dale
AU - Sharp, Harvey L.
AU - Schwarzenberg, Sarah Jane
PY - 1992/7
Y1 - 1992/7
N2 - Women with severe liver disease often have amenorrhea that resolves as liver disease abates. We describe three patients with mild to moderate chronic liver disease and amenorrhea. In each case amenorrhea resolved when spironolactone therapy was discontinued. We suggest that spironolactone, an androgen inhibitor, may also cause reversible amenorrhea.
AB - Women with severe liver disease often have amenorrhea that resolves as liver disease abates. We describe three patients with mild to moderate chronic liver disease and amenorrhea. In each case amenorrhea resolved when spironolactone therapy was discontinued. We suggest that spironolactone, an androgen inhibitor, may also cause reversible amenorrhea.
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