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These patients are also at risk for low bone mineral density and should be told to consume adequate calcium and vitamin D and to exercise to safeguard their bone health, he added.
"The early indicators of primary ovarian insufficiency are subtle, and the condition can be difficult to diagnose. Dr. Nelson's report provides helpful information for health-care professionals and patients on how to recognize the early symptoms of the condition, so that women can benefit from prompt diagnosis and early treatment," Dr. Duane Alexander, director of the NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, said in an NIH news release.
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The U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has more about primary ovarian insufficiency.
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