Relationship of the menstrual cycle pattern in 14-17 year old adolescents with gynaecological age, body mass index and historical parameters

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2252-2260

  Van Hooff, M H A ^a   Voorhorst, F J ^b   Kaptein, M B M ^a   Hirasing, R A ^c   Koppenaal, C ^d   Schoemaker, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Org for Appl Sci Res

^d Department of Youth Health Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chronic non specific lung disease; Cross sectional; Menstrual cycle; Oligomenorrhoea

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERANDROGENISM; INTELLECT; LUNG DISEASE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGOMENORRHEA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POLYMENOPHOREA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SPORT; STRESS; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

POLYMENOPHOREA;

EID: 0031719377     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.8.2252     Document Type: Article

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