Evening primrose oil and fish oil for severe chronic mastalgia: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1389-1394

  Blommers, Jacqueline ^a   De Lange de Klerk, Elisabeth S M ^a   Kuik, Dirk J ^a   Bezemer, Pieter D ^a   Meijer, Sybren ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evening primrose oil; Fish oil; Mastalgia

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; FISH OIL; PRIMROSE OIL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MIXTURE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MENSTRUATION; NAUSEA; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0036855153     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.127377a     Document Type: Article

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