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Dysmenorrhea Symptom-Based Phenotypes: A Replication and Extension Study.
Nursing research - 1 Jan 2000
Chen Chen X, Carpenter Janet S, Ofner Susan, LaPradd Michelle, Fortenberry J Dennis
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BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhea is a prevalent pain condition among women and a risk factor for other chronic pain conditions. Individuals vary in dysmenorrhea pain severity, the number of painful sites, and co-occurring gastrointestinal symptoms. Three dysmenorrhea symptom-based phenotypes were previously identified using latent class analysis; however, there is a need to validate these in an independent sample, so...
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