Vaginal flora changes on Pap smears after insertion of levonorgestrel- releasing intrauterine device

Contraception

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-356

  Donders, Gilbert G G ^a,b,c   Berger, Judith ^b   Heuninckx, Hélène ^b   Bellen, Gert ^a   Cornelis, Ann ^b  

^a Femicare vzw   (Belgium)

^b Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abnormal vaginal flora; Candida; Intrauterine device; Lactobacillary grades; Levonorgestrel; Progestin; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEVONORGESTREL; MOBILUNCUS; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINITIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79952542878     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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