An exploratory, randomized, crossover MRI study of microbicide delivery with the SILCS diaphragm compared to a vaginal applicator

Contraception

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-192

  Pentlicky, Sara ^a   Rosen, Mark ^a   Coffey, Patricia S ^b   Kilbourne Brook, M ^b   Shaunik, A ^a   Schreiber, Courtney A ^a   Barnhart, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbicide delivery; MRI; SILCS diaphragm; Vaginal applicator

Indexed keywords

CARBOPOL 974P; GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX CAP; VAGINA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COITUS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; GELS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872166232     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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