Contraceptive vaginal ring treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding: A randomized controlled trial with norethisterone

Contraception

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-252

  Abu Hashim, Hatem ^a   Alsherbini, Waleed ^a   Bazeed, Mohamed ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heavy menstrual bleeding; Menorrhagia; Norethisterone acetate; Vaginal ring

Indexed keywords

CIDOLUT NOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS ETONOGESTREL; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; BREAST TENDERNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE 4 QUESTIONNAIRE; HEAVY MENSTRUAL BLEEDING; HUMAN; LEUKORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PICTORIAL BLOOD LOSS ASSESSMENT CHART SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPOTTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA RING; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; DESOGESTREL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; NORETHINDRONE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856702163     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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