Acute and post-traumatic stress disorder after spontaneous abortion

American Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1689-1696

  Bowles, Stephen V ^a   James, Larry C ^e   Solursh, Diane S ^b   Yancey, Michael K ^c   Epperly, Ted D ^d   Folen, Raymond A ^c   Masone, Maryann ^c  

^a U States Army Soldier Support Inst   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034654207     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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