Premenstrual Disorders Among Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents

Nadia Kancheva Landolt1, Torsak Bunupuradah, Jullapong Achalapong

  • 1*The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration (HIV-NAT), Bangkok, Thailand †Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital, Chiangrai, Thailand ‡Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand §Department of Pediatrics, Phra Chomklao Hospital, Phetchaburi, Thailand ‖Department of Pediatrics, Phrapokklao Hospital, Chanthaburi, Thailand ¶The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand #SEARCH, Bangkok, Thailand **Currently, US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD ††Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD ‡‡Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Phra Mongkut Klao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.

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