Obstetric and gynecologic challenges in women with ehlers-danlos syndrome

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 506-513

  Hurst, Bradley S ^a   Lange, Sara S ^a   Kullstam, Susan M ^a   Usadi, Rebecca S ^a   Matthews, Michelle L ^a   Marshburn, Paul B ^a   Templin, Megan A ^a   Merriam, Kathryn S ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894452188     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000123     Document Type: Article

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