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The incidence of primary dysmenorrhea in teenagers

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By means of a questionaire we studied the menstrual patterns of 502 adolescent girls aged 10–19 years in 1979. The incidence of occasional or consistent primary dysmenorrhea was 43%. The incidence of dysmenorrhea increased considerably with increasing age and the interval between the menarche and the onset of dysmenorrhea was less than one year in 72% of subjects investigated. The occurrence of severe dysmenorrhea resulting in absence from school varied between 8 and 18% in various age groups.

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Svanberg, L., Ulmsten, U. The incidence of primary dysmenorrhea in teenagers. Arch. Gynecol. 230, 173–177 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02111800

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