Prevalence of prolonged amenorrhea in HIV-infected women: Results from the Italian DIDI study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Cicconi, Paola ^a   Ammassari, Adriana ^b   Ladisa, Nicoletta ^c   Sora, Fiorella Di ^d   Bini, Teresa ^a   Pierro, Paola ^b   D'Ettorre, Gabriella ^b   Cattelan, Anna M ^e   Vichi, Francesca ^f   Monforte, Antonella D'Arminio ^a  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d Hospital San Giovanni Addolorata   (Italy)

^e Hospital of Rovigo   (Italy)

^f Department of Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BONE DENSITY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84866906332     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182683cb5     Document Type: Letter

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