Abnormal uterine bleeding: A well‐travelled path to iron deficiency and anemia
Malcolm G. Munro
Abstract
The FIGO Committee on Menstrual Disorders (The Menstrual Disorders Committee, or MDC), established in 2012, is dedicated to addressing non-gestational abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in the reproductive years as well as associated morbidity. The MDC continues its efforts to standardize nomenclature for AUB symptoms (FIGO System 1) as well as potential causes of the spectrum of menstrual symptoms experienced by women (FIGO System 2, PALM-COEIN), with the most recent revisions published in IJGO in late 2018. 1 These systems are increasingly used in education and clinical care as well as in the design and interpretation of basic, translational, and clinical research on women and girls with AUB symptoms. It has been recognized that