Menstruation in Adolescents: What Do We Know and What Do We Do with the Information

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 309-319

  Hillard, Paula J Adams ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent menstruation; Amenorrhea; Menarche; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AMENORRHEA; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; METRORRHAGIA; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; VITAL SIGN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PUBERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911942258     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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