Age and the prevalence of bleeding disorders in women with menorrhagia

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Philipp, Claire S ^b   Faiz, Ambarina ^c   Bowling, Nicole ^c   Dilley, Anne ^a   Michaels, Lisa A ^c   Ayers, Gharletta ^c   Miller, Connie H ^c   Bachmann, Gloria ^c   Evatt, Bruce ^c   Saidi, Parvin ^c  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 19944431395     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000148889.15061.fb     Document Type: Article

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