Amenorrhoea

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• In primary amenorrhoea, the patient has never had a menstruation. In secondary amenorrhoea, menstruation remains absent for 6 consecutive months or, if the menstrual cycle is clearly longer than normal, three consecutive menstrual periods remain absent. In practice, the boundary between the different conditions is not always this clear-cut.

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