Efficacy Vitex agnus-castus in the premenstrual syndrome: Our experience;Efficacia di Vitex agnus-castus nella sindrome premestruale: La nostra esperienza

Giornale Italiano di Ostetricia e Ginecologia

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-231

  Risoleti, E V I ^a   Giuffrida, L ^a   Iozza, I ^a   Garofalo, G ^a   Valenti, O ^a   Napoli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oral contraceptives; Premenstrual syndrome; Vitex agnus castus

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAIN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 80054887038     PISSN: 03919013     EISSN: 19711433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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