Reproductive issues for women with spina bifida

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-91

  Jackson, Amie B ^a,c   Sipski, Marca L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth control; Disabilities; Females; Labor and delivery; Menarche; Menopause; Puberty; Reproduction; Spina bifida; Women

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 20844462385     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2005.11753803     Document Type: Review

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