Continuous use of an oral contraceptive for endometriosis-associated recurrent dysmenorrhea that does not respond to a cyclic pill regimen

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 560-563

  Vercellini, Paolo ^a   Frontino, Giada ^a   De Giorgi, Olga ^a   Pietropaolo, Giuliana ^a   Pasin, Roberta ^a   Crosignani, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Endometriosis; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

DESOGESTREL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REDUCTION; SPOTTING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0042027459     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00794-5     Document Type: Article

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