Polycystic ovary syndrome: A psychosocial approach;Síndrome dos ovários policísticos: Enfoque psicossocial

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-242

  Moreira, Simone ^a   Soares, Elvira ^a   Tomaz, Geraldez ^b   Maranhão, Tecia ^a   Azevedo, George ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77953458918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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