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ORCID: 0000-0001-6980-0477 · 2 papers in corpus
2025
Heavy or healthy? Assessing menstrual bleeding and bleeding tendency in Dutch adolescents.
Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis ·doi:10.1016/j.rpth.2025.103235

BackgroundHeavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is common in adolescents and may indicate a bleeding disorder. The pictorial blood loss assessment chart (PBAC) defines HMB as a score ≥150, while an elevated self-bleeding assessment tool (self-BAT)…

2023
Heavy menstrual bleeding in adolescents: incidence, diagnostics, and management practices in primary care.
Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis ·doi:10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102229

BackgroundHeavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), self-reported by 37% of adolescents, can be the first sign of a bleeding disorder (BD) during adolescence. The Dutch general practitioner (GP) guideline demands laboratory diagnostics and referral f…