Pseudocyesis in an adolescent using the long-acting contraceptive Depo- Provera

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 238-240

  Flanagan, Patricia J ^a   Harel, Zeev ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depo Provera; Medroxyprogesterone; Pseudocyesis

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELUSION; FEMALE; FETUS MOVEMENT; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMENORRHEA; BEHAVIOR; CASE STUDIES--WOMEN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, PROGESTIN; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEPO-PROVERA; DISEASES; FAMILY PLANNING; INJECTABLES; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDERS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS--WOMEN; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STUDIES; WOMEN; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; SPINE;

EID: 0032792635     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(99)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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