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last menstrual period

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last menstrual period
Gynecology The most recent time that a ♀ notes menstruation, a datum recorded in a chart during a routine gynecologic visit. See Menstruation.


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: Those who used the pill within 30 days of their last menstrual period had elevated odds of preterm birth and low birth weight, conditions that are associated with infant morbidity and mortality.
between 1996 and 2002, the researchers found that women whose last menstrual period occurred in April, May, June or July were at increased risk for delivering infants with birth defects.
Episodes of depression occurred sporadically, he reported, until the year before the last menstrual period, when the investigators observed four episodes of depression, followed by five episodes in the year after the last menstrual period.
 
 
 
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