Vaginal epithelial surface appearances in women using vaginal rings for contraception

Contraception

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-138

  Fraser, Ian S ^a   Lacarra, Maria ^b   Mishell Jr, Daniel R ^b   Alvarez, Francisco ^c   Brache, Vivian ^d   Lähteenmäki, Pekka ^d   Elomaa, Kaisa ^d   Weisberg, Edith ^e   Nash, Harold A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c PROFAMILIA   (Dominican Republic)

^d Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

^e Sydney Centre for Reproductive Health Research   (Australia)

^f POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colposcopy; Ethinyl estradiol; Nestorone ; Norethindrone acetate; Vaginal lesions; Vaginal rings

Indexed keywords

ELCOMETRINE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA RING;

AMERICAS; AUSTRALIA; CARIBBEAN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, ESTROGEN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, PROGESTIN; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENDOSCOPY; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; EUROPE; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FAMILY PLANNING; FINLAND; LATIN AMERICA; NORETHINDRONE; NORETHINDRONE ACETATE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; OCEANIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL ABNORMALITIES; VAGINAL RINGS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; EDEMA; EPITHELIUM; ERYTHEMA; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NORETHINDRONE; NORPROGESTERONES; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; ULCER; VAGINA;

EID: 0034108188     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(00)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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