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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1992;79:91-94
© 1992 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Menstrual Cycles and Basal Body Temperature Curves in Women With Down Syndrome

PATRICIA S. SCOLA, MD. and SIEGFRIED M. PUESCHEL, MD

From the Child Development Center, Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island

Abstract

Menstrual histories were obtained from 51 females with Down syndrome between the ages of 10–27 years. The average age at onset of menstruation of girls in our study was 12 years, 6 months. Seventy-six percent of them had regular menstrual cycles with an average length of menstrual flow of 4 days, and most menstrual cycles lasted 25–30 days. Eight of the women with regular menstrual cycles provided 26 basal body temperature charts. When basal body temperatures were graphed using the smoothed-curve technique, 88.5% had biphasic curves indicative of an ovulatory pattern.






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