Amenorrhea, pregnancy, and pregnancy outcomes in women following spinal cord injury: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-441

  Bughi, Stefan ^a,b   Shaw, Sylvia J ^a,b   Mahmood, Ghasak ^a,c   Atkins, Rodney H ^d   Szlachcic, Yaga ^a,b  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Los Amigos Research and Education Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149395592     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.14.4.437     Document Type: Article

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