Diagnostic categorization of post-abortion syndrome

Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-272

  Gomez Lavin C ^a,c   Zapata Garcia R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis category; Post abortion syndrome; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 23044508766     PISSN: 11399287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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