Case report: Female athlete triad in monozygotic twins

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Hind, Karen ^a   Truscott, John ^b   Carroll, Sean ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Bone mineral density; Female athlete triad; Monozygotic

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOATING; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SELF REPORT; STOMACH PAIN;

EID: 62449286360     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2008.12.20     Document Type: Article

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