Hot flashes in a young girl: A wake-up call concerning serenoa repens use in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Miroddi, Marco ^a   Carnì, Antonio ^a   Mannucci, Carmen ^a   Moleti, Mariacarla ^a   Navarra, Michele ^b   Calapai, Gioacchino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Alopecia; Hot flashes; Menarche; Serenoa repens

Indexed keywords

SABAL EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; POLYMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TABLET; TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 84868621682     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2679     Document Type: Article

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