The effect of a group programme on women with the Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-368

  Weijenborg, Philomeen T M ^a   ter Kuile, Moniek M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0034057765     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13232.x     Document Type: Article

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