What is the health risk associated with amenorrhea?

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 303-312

  Vrkljan, Milan ^a   Brkić, Marijo ^a   Zečevic, Ana Marija ^a   Topić, Patricija ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea, complications; Amenorrhea, diagnosis; Amenorrhea, etiology; Osteoporosis, etiology; Osteoporosis, prevention and control

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0035700132     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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