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EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES REVIEWS
Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 144-148Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200307000-00008
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amenorrhea; exercise; LH pulsatility; stress; nutrition
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- NCRR NIH HHS [M01 RR00034] Funding Source: Medline
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The morbid consequences of menstrual disorders in athletes require medical diagnosis and treatment. Reproductive disruption appears to occur when energy availability (dietary energy intake minus exercise energy expenditure) falls below a threshold between 20 and 30 kcal-kgLBM(-1)-d(-1), and some women may be more severely affected than others by subthreshold energy availability.
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