Bleeding disorders: A common cause of menorrhagia in adolescents

Objective: To determine the frequency of underlying bleeding disorders in adolescents with menorrhagia. Study design: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all girls, aged 10 to 19 years, who presented to our children’s hospital for inpatient or outpatient evaluation of menorrhagia between Janua...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Journal of pediatrics 2001-06, Vol.138 (6), p.856-861
Main Authors: Bevan, Jennifer A., Maloney, Kelly W., Hillery, Cheryl A., Gill, Joan C., Montgomery, Robert R., Scott, J.Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anemia, Hypochromic - complications
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Platelet Disorders - complications
Child
Female
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Hemorrhage - complications
Humans
Medical sciences
Menorrhagia - etiology
Platelet diseases and coagulopathies
Retrospective Studies
Thrombocytopenia - complications
von Willebrand Diseases - complications
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Objective: To determine the frequency of underlying bleeding disorders in adolescents with menorrhagia. Study design: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all girls, aged 10 to 19 years, who presented to our children’s hospital for inpatient or outpatient evaluation of menorrhagia between January 1990 and November 1998. Results: At presentation, 9 of the 71 girls (13%) had thrombocytopenia (platelet count
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1067/mpd.2001.113042