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Amenorrhea can cause bone loss, but not all mechanisms in this process are known. The degree of bone loss in amenorrheic women is determined by the cause of the amenorrhea. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of secondary amenorrhea on bone density and to compare the bone density between hypogonadotropic amenorrheic women and hypergonadotropic amenorrheic women. Twenty-two amenorrheic and 12 eumenorrheic...