Improvement of primary dysmenorrhea caused by a single oral dose of vitamin D: Results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 366-367

  Lasco, Antonino ^a   Catalano, Antonino ^a   Benvenga, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTAGLANDINS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84857873845     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.715     Document Type: Article

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