Prevalence of Pain Symptoms Suggestive of Endometriosis Among Finnish Adolescent Girls (TEENMAPS Study)



: Suvitie PA, Hallamaa MK, Matomaki JM, Makinen JI, Perheentupa AH

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

: 2016

: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT GYNECOLOGY

: J PEDIATR ADOL GYNEC

: 29

: 2

: 97

: 103

: 7

: 1083-3188

: 1873-4332

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2015.07.001(external)


Conclusion: One-third (355/1089) of 15- to 19-year-old girls had severe menstrual pain and 14% (49/355) of them were regularly absent from school or hobbies. Five percent of all teenage girls (53/1103) were poor responders to conventional therapy for primary dysmenorrhea.




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