Dysfunctional uterine bleeding in adolescence

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-249

  Keith Edmonds, D ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Leptin; Menstruation; Ovary; Pituitary; Puberty

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METRORRHAGIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL RETARDATION; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032840966     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.1999.0020     Document Type: Article

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