Has oligomenorrhea a pathological meaning? The importance of this symptom in internal medicine;¿Tiene la oligomenorrea un significado patológico? Importancia de este síntoma en medicina interna

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 943-951

  Devoto C, Enzo ^a   Aravena C, Lucía ^a   Gaete V, Ximena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Menstruation disorders; Oligomenorrhea; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVULATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME;

EID: 0032147597     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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