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Dysmenorrhoea is pain associated with menstruation and may occur either before or actually during the period. It is experienced to some degree by most women but it only becomes severe and incapacitating in a few.
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Tatford, P. (1986). Painful periods. In: Problems in Gynaecology. Problems in Practice Series, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4125-0_4
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