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TABLE 9-3. Some Common Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea.
Site of Defect Cause
Uterus Adhesions after postpartum inflection or surgery
Ovary 
Autoimmune desease
Radio- or chemotherapy
Gonadotropin resistanse
Pituitary 
Hyperprolactinemia 
Postpartum panhypopituitarism
Ptuitary tumors
Hypothalamus 
Psychogenic(stress)
Starvation (anorexia nervosa)
Hypothalamic tumors
Extrinsic to hypothalamohypophyseal-ovarian axis 
Steroid ingestion 
Post-pill aminorrhea 
Extraovarian estrogen (obesity)
Other endocrinopathies