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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2221-2434</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Finlay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Finlay]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2221-2434</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Centro Provincial de información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2221-24342019000400246</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización de mujeres con infertilidad de causa endocrina]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of Women with Endocrine Infertility]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
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<surname><![CDATA[Quintana Marrero,]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Annia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Rivas Alpízar,]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elodia María]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Ramos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jan Oneil]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>9</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>246</fpage>
<lpage>256</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2221-24342019000400246&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2221-24342019000400246&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2221-24342019000400246&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamento:  existe un incremento de la infertilidad en las parejas y las causas endocrinas femeninas están entre las primeras responsables.  Objetivo: describir el comportamiento de la infertilidad femenina de causa endocrina en pacientes estudiadas en el Centro Territorial de Reproducción Humana de Cienfuegos.  Método:  se realizó un estudio descriptivo, de serie de casos en el que se incluyeron a todas las mujeres que se atendieron por infertilidad de causa endocrina desde enero de 2012 hasta enero de 2013. Las variables analizadas fueron: edad, antecedentes patológicos personales, tipo de sangrado, historia obstétrica, valoración nutricional, hirsutismo, bocio, galactorrea, acantosis nigricans, tiempo de infertilidad, tipo de infertilidad. Se creó una base de datos, con ayuda del programa SPSS con el que se realizó el procesamiento para su posterior análisis. Se aplicó la estadística descriptiva, frecuencias y porcientos.  Resultados:  el grupo de edad que predominó fue el de 30 a 34 años y el 9,4 % de las féminas tenían antecedentes patológicos personales de obesidad, casi la mitad presentaron oligomenorrea, un 33,6 % de ellas presentaron sobrepeso y se detectó que en el examen físico un 34,3 % de las pacientes presentaron acantosis nigricans. El mayor número de mujeres acudieron con un tiempo de infertilidad menor de 3 años para un 50,4 %. Un 66,4 % presentó infertilidad secundaria y según el diagnóstico endocrino la hiperprolactinemia fue la más representativa con el 38,7 %.  Conclusiones: la infertilidad de causa endocrina se presentó principalmente en mujeres con sobrepeso, con un tiempo de infertilidad de tipo secundaria menor de 3 años y la hiperprolactinemia fue la más representativa.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Foundation:  there is an increase in couple infertility and female endocrine causes are among the main reasons.  Objective:  to describe the behavior of endocrine female infertility in patients studied at the Territorial Center for Human Reproduction of Cienfuegos.  Method:  a descriptive series of case studies was conducted in which all women treated for endocrine infertility from January 2012 to January 2013 were included. The variables analyzed were age, personal pathological history, type of bleeding, obstetric history, nutritional assessment, hirsutism, goiter, galactorrhea, acanthosis nigricans, time and type of infertility. A database, using SPSS program was created and processed for further analysis. Descriptive statistics, frequencies and percentages were applied.  Results:  the predominant age group was 30 to 34 years old and 9.4 % had a personal pathological history of obesity, almost half had oligomenorrhea 33.6 % of them were overweight and on physical examination 34.3 % of the patients showed acanthosis nigricans. The largest number of women attended with less than 3-year infertility was 50.4 %. Secondary infertility was 66.4 % and according to the endocrine diagnosis, hyperprolactinemia was the most representative with 38.7 %.  Conclusions:  endocrine infertility occurred mainly in overweight women; with a secondary, less than 3-year time infertility and hyperprolactinemia was the most representative.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[informes de casos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[infertility female]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[endocrinology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[behavior]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[case reports]]></kwd>
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