Amenorrhoea in newly spinal cord injured women: An effect of hyperprolactinaemia?

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-191

  Rutberg, L ^a   Friden B ^b   Karlsson, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amenorrhoea; Menopause; Prolactine; Spinal cord injury; Woman

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 40449119380     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102095     Document Type: Article

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