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Abstract
Abnormal uterine bleeding that is not related to MENSTRUATION, usually in females without regular MENSTRUAL CYCLE. The irregular and unpredictable bleeding usually comes from a dysfunctional ENDOMETRIUM.
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- Bleeding Between Periods
- Breakthrough Bleeding
- Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
- Intermenstrual Bleeding
- Spotting
- Bleeding, Breakthrough
- Dysfunctional Uterine Bleedings
- Uterine Bleeding, Dysfunctional
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with MENORRHAGIA
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History Note
1963; for BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING & SPOTTING use UTERINE HEMORRHAGE 1980-2005
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Metrorrhagia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008796. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008796
- Metrorrhagia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermenstrual_bleeding
- Metrorrhagia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268495