Hypericum perforatum for the treatment of premenstrual syndrome

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-85

  Ghazanfarpour, Masumeh ^a   Kaviani, Masumeh ^a   Asadi, Nasrin ^a   Ghaffarpasand, Fariborz ^a,b,c   Ziyadlou, Samaneh ^a   Tabatabaee, Hamid R ^a   Dehghankhalili, Maryam ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hypericin; Hypericum perforatum; Premenstrual syndrome

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ANXIETY; BREAST TENDERNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD CHANGE; NERVOUSNESS; NOTE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79952989923     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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