Premenstrual syndrome: An evolutionary perspective on its causes and treatment

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-202

  Doyle, Caroline ^a   Swain Ewald, Holly A ^a   Ewald, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HERITABILITY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUATION; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 34248153697     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2007.0015     Document Type: Review

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